Making Music with Computers

NOTE EDITORE

Teach Your Students How to Use Computing to Explore Powerful and Creative Ideas In the twenty-first century, computers have become indispensable in music making, distribution, performance, and consumption. Making Music with Computers: Creative Programming in Python introduces important concepts and skills necessary to generate music with computers. It interweaves computing pedagogy with musical concepts and creative activities, showing students how to integrate the creativity and design of the arts with the mathematical rigor and formality of computer science. The book provides an introduction to creative software development in the Python programming language. It uses innovative music-creation activities to illustrate introductory computer programming concepts, including data types, algorithms, operators, iteration, lists, functions, and classes. The authors also cover GUIs, event-driven programming, big data, sonification, MIDI programming, client–server programming, recursion, fractals, and complex system dynamics. Requiring minimal musical or programming experience, the text is designed for courses in introductory computer science and computing in the arts. It helps students learn computer programming in a creative context and understand how to build computer music applications. Also suitable for self-study, the book shows musicians and digital music enthusiasts how to write music software and create algorithmic music compositions. Web ResourceA supplementary website (http://jythonMusic.org) provides a music library and other software resources used in the text. The music library is an extension of the jMusic library and incorporates other cross-platform programming tools. The website also offers example course and associated media resources.

SOMMARIO

Introduction and History Overview Connecting Music, Nature, and Number Computer Music History Algorithms and Programming The Computer as a Musical Instrument Software Used in This Book Building Blocks Overview Music Is Sound and … NotesRests Variables and Assignment Numbers Input and Output Data Types Organization and Data Overview Musical Organization Phrases Python Lists Adding Notes with Lists Case Study: Ludwig van Beethoven—"Für Elise"Musical ScalesMusical Instruments Setting the Instrument Case Study: Harold Faltermeyer—"Axel F" Chords PartsScores A Complete Example MIDI Drums and Percussive Sounds Top -Down Design Input and Output Transformation and Process Overview Gestures, Emotion, and Musical Structure Minimalism Modifying Musical Material (Mod Functions)Musical CanonViewing Music The Software Development Process Case Study: Computer-Aided Music Composition Iteration and ListsOverview Iteration Case Study: ArpeggiatorsPython List OperationsIterative Musical Processes DNA Music Randomness and Choices Overview Randomness and Creativity Indeterminism and Serialism Python Random Functions Stochastic Music Harnessing (or Sieving) Randomness SelectionPython Relational Operators Python Boolean Values Python Logical Operators Sonification and Big Data Overview Data Sonification Case Study: Kepler—"Harmonies of the World" (1619) Python Strings File Input and Output Python while Loop Big DataPython Functions Image Sonification Interactive Musical Instruments Overview Building Musical Instruments Graphical User Interfaces Case Study: Random Circles GUI Widgets Case Study: A Simple Musical Instrument Play ClassCase Study: An Audio Instrument for Continuous Pitch AudioSample Class MidiSequence Class Paper Prototyping A Simple Methodology for Developing GUI s Event Handling Case Study: A Virtual Piano Scheduling Future Events Making Connections Overview MIDI Devices—Connecting to Pianos, Guitars, etc.OSC Devices—Connecting to Smartphones, Tablets, etc. Music, Number, and Nature Overview Origins and Representations Case Study: Music from Math Curves Math Library Case Study: The Harmonograph Case Study: Kepler’s Harmony of the World, No. 2 Exploring Powerful Ideas Overview Fractals and Recursion Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio Python Classes Case Study: The Note Class Case Study: A Slider Control Animation Cymatics References Appendix A: MIDI ConstantsAppendix B: Music Library Functions Appendix C: GUI Library FunctionsAppendix D: Other Functions A Summary appears at the end of each chapter.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781439867914
• Collana: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.55 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 63 b/w images and 44 tables
• Pagine Arabe: 502