Introduction to Computer-Based Composition

CCRMA, Stanford University

June 28 - July 9

Instructors:

• Rick Taube hkt@ccrma.stanford.edu
• Charles Nichols cnichols@ccrma.stanford.edu

Day 1

Schedule:

Read:

• CCRMA Home Page
• Common Music Home Page
• Common Music Dictionary
• Introduction to Common Music
• MIDI (output syntax)
• midi-note (class)
• algorithm (class)
• thread (class)
• merge (class)
• Lisp Overview

Practice:

• Stella Tutorial:
  • Introduction
  • The Basics
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Forms and the Top-level Loop

Try:

• Lisp Questions

Day 2

Schedule:

Read:

• On Line Enved Help
• enved (function)
• Envelopes
• lookup (function)
• rescale (function)
• fit (function)
• expl (function)
• interp (function)
• interpl (function)
• tendency (function)
• pfunc (function)

Practice:

• Stella Tutorial:
  • Loading Browsing and Listening
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Basics, Setf, Lists, Math

Try:

• Enveolpe Questions

Day 3

Schedule:

Read:

• Random Processes
• algorithm (macro)
• between (function)
• pick (function)
• pickl (function)

Practice:

• Stella Tutorial:
  • Loading Browsing and Listening
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Defun, Let, Algorithm
  • Association Lists

Try:

• Algorithm Questions

Day 4

Schedule:

Read:

• CLM (syntax)
• clm-note (class)
• clm-score-file (class)
• clm-sound-file (class)

Practice:

• Stella Tutorial:
  • Duplicating Material
  • Simple Editing Commands
  • New Go and Set
  • Saving Material
  • Working with CLM
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Booleans and Conditionals
  • Predicates

Try:

• Conditional Questions

Day 5

Schedule:

Read:

• Introduction to Item Streams
• Item Streams
• note (item type) pitch (function) notes (stream constructor)
• degree (item type) degree (function) degrees (stream constructor)
• pitch (item type) pitch (function) pitches (macro)
• rhythm (item type) rhythm (function) rhythms (stream constructor)
• amplitude (item type) amplitude (function) amplitudes (stream constructor)
• item (function) read-items (function)
• cycle (pattern)
• heap (pattern)
• palindrome (pattern)
• sequence (pattern)

Practice:

• Item Streams Examples
• Stella Tutorial:
  • Describing Music Algorithmically
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Conditional statements

Try:

• Pattern Questions 1

Day 6

Schedule:

Read:

• random (pattern)
• graph (pattern)
• Notes for Nicky's Lecture
• rotation (pattern)
• changes (macro)
• defmode (macro)

Practice:

• Item Streams Examples
• More Item Stream Examples

Try:

• Pattern Questions 2

Day 7

Schedule:

Read:

• markov (stream constructor)
• markov-analyze (function)

Practice:

• markov.cm
• Lisp Tutorial:
  • Iteration and Mapping
  • Sprout and Algorithm

Try:

• Markov Questions

Day 8,9

Schedule:

Read:

• expr (macro)
• defmultiple-item (macro)
• Describing Music Algorithmically
• with-vars-snapshotted (macro)
• sprout (function)

Day 10

Schedule: