Unit 6

Unit 6 Concepts about creativity, analysis of peer compositions, musical collage

Nov. 02-22

Introduction

Objectives

(U6.1) Demonstrate knowledge of the creative process of "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney. (G2b-c; O4)
(U6.2) Discern the differences between various concepts about musical creation. (G2b-c, G4b; O4)
(U6.3) Apply dynamic processing including compression and noise reduction. (O1)
(U6.4) Critique compositions by colleagues by employing musical terms and concepts. (G2c; O1)
(U6.5) Demonstrate applications of aesthetic principles presented in the course when critiquing compositions by colleagues. (G4a-b; O2-4)
(U6.6) Integrate materials from online creative communities into a composition by using aesthetic judgments. (O3)
(U6.7) Demonstrate best ethical practices with use and acknowledgement of creative products by others. (G4a)

Violinist in the TU Orchestra
A Towson University student playing violin

Materials (Nov. 02)

LECTURE: Crossfades in Audacity. Editing between two tracks (6 1/2 min.) player (searchable, CC) | mp4 | wmv | Transcript

READING: Compression wikipedia article

LECTURE: Dynamic Processing: Compression (7 1/2 min.) player | mp4 | wmv | transcript

READING: Audacity Compressor weblink

GUEST LECTURE: Removing background noise (5 min.) Youtube | Copies: player | mp4 | wmv Please note that the effect is now call "Noise Reduction" in Audacity.

READING: McIntyre reading continued, pp. 203-219.

Phillip McIntyre , “Paul McCartney and the creation of ‘Yesterday’: the systems model in operation,” Popular Music (2006) 25/2. pdf link

MUSIC: "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney More Recent

Quiz for Test 5. You may take it as many times as you want. It is not graded. Quiz link

Assignments (Nov. 08)

Test 5. Remember to submit the screen capture of the results to your personal Dropbox folder.
(U6.1-3)

Test 5 link, Test 5 covers features in Audacity, and terms and concepts learned in the course, and the readings in Units 5 and 6. For user name give your full name (such as Ewell, Terry)

REVIEW LECTURE: Save Test or Exam Results (1 min.) into your Dropbox folder: player | mp4 | wmv | webpage

Dr. E. reviews portions of Student Comments and points out common mistakes in analysis papers.

Be sure to use musical terms introduced in the course in your analysis papers.

Materials (Nov. 9)

GUEST LECTURE: Mastering in Audacity, Equalization, Adding Telephone Effect (5 min.) weblink (not working) | Copies: player | mp4 | Windows Media

READING: Audio Equalization，read the "Uses" section from wikipedia

REVIEW LECTURE: Copyright and Remixing in the Digital Age, Part 1, 8 min. player (cc) | mp4 | wmv | transcript

REVIEW LECTURE: Copyright and Remixing in the Digital Age, Part 2, 15 min. player (cc) | mp4 | wmv | transcript

Assignments (Nov. 15)

Analysis 2 (Analysis of Composition 4)
(U6.4-5) Analysis 2 Template with instructions and grading rubric

Materials (Nov. 16)

"Copyright in a Collaborative Age" weblink | pdf

LECTURE: Example of copyright enforced by YouTube (owned by Google, now called Alphabet) (4 min.) Player (CC) | mp4 | wmv (CC) | transcript

Catherine Rampell, "To Catch a Song Thief: Inside the Anti-Pirate Patrol" The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 23, 2008): A11. pdf

LECTURE: Creative Communities (10 min.) Player (searchable, with closed captions, plays mp4) | mp4 (cc)| wmv (cc)| transcript

More Creative Communities

Help improve the course: Use this anonymous form to suggest improvements to Dr. Ewell. Form link

Assignments (Nov. 22)

Composition 5 (U6.6-7)

Musical collage with remix and dynamic processing.

Composition 5 Report with instructions and grading rubric

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