Author: Kevin Wood (Writer of computer books)
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541524373
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Provides step-by-step instructions for using Scratch to create music.

Author: Andrew R. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199309264
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch. Designed to teach students the fundamental concepts of computational thinking through interactive music, sound, and media, projects vary in complexity and encourage readers to make music through playing and creating music. This book introduces readers to concepts in computational thinking and coding alongside parallel concepts in music, creative sound, and interaction. The book begins with a gentle introduction to the Scratch 3.0 programming environment through hands-on projects using a computer keyboard and mouse to make music and control sounds, creating original sounds, and performing them as an instrument. The next chapters introduce programming musical sequences, melodies, and structures, and assembling them into a virtual band that can be performed live or automated through algorithms. The final chapters explore computational thinking and music in the contexts of making games with sound effects, teaching the computer to generate music using algorithms and rules, interacting with music using live video, finishing with a chapter on musical live coding, where readers will create and manipulate computer code to perform, improvise, and create original music live.

Author: Neil Sissons
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
ISBN: 9780851622682
Category : Musical notation
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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From clefs to chord symbols and time-signatures to tonality, this book will have you reading music in no time. Published in association with Classic FM.

Author: Nicolas Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Music Reading Made Simple - The Best Starting Point for Anyone Who Wishes to Learn How to Read and Write Down Music * A Successor and a Sibling to the Best-Selling Book: Music Theory - From Absolute Beginner to Expert * Bars, notes, clefs, staves, time signatures, common notation, musical symbols... Have you ever wanted to learn how to read music and understand all these terms, but it seemed too difficult and not worth the effort? Have you tried searching for information in books or online only to find yourself more confused by the complexity of music theory and traditional notation? Do you think that being able to read music and sightreading is only reserved for professional musicians who've had expensive traditional education? Do you want to be able to easily learn how to read sheet music and have a solid understanding of how music is written? Do you want to advance your skills as a musician? This in-depth book is the solution you've been looking for. This is a straightforward and concise guide meant to show that learning this valuable and impressive skill can be made simple, easy and fun, for any musician, on any instrument, at any time. It is meant to show that there is a simple process to learning anything, and music reading is no exception. You don't have to attend music schools or expensive private classes and courses; anyone can learn how to read music by being self-taught. This book is going to help you easily understand music notation and how it relates to music theory. Along with the provided images, sheet music scores and music reading exercises, it will help you to build a proper foundation of knowledge, understanding, and skill; a foundation that will help you move forward as a musician. You will reach a level of proficiency from where you can confidently look at the music sheet, quickly interpret what's going on, and play it on your instrument. Here's a sneak peak of what you'll get: A detailed overview of a typical musical staff and its elements. A detailed explanation on frequency ranges, clefs and their relation to note pitches. Everything you need to know about key signatures and how to interpret them. A thorough understanding of the circle of fifths. Best step-by-step approach to reading the notes and chords quickly. Solfege explanation. A complete guide on how to read rhythms, how beat is divided, note durations, rests, ties, dotted notes, polyrhythms and more. Fundamental rhythmic blocks, how they're written and how to use them to create rhythm patterns. How dynamics, articulation and extended techniques are notated. Cool exercises that will help you to understand notation, practice your new skills and start sightreading! - And much, much more... You can get this book today for a very low price by scrolling to the top and clicking on the Buy Now button!

Author: Matthew Ellul
Publisher: Practical Music Theory
ISBN: 9789918954810
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Do you want to learn how to read music notation with easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons? Did you ever try to learn music theory but got frustrated with complicated jargon and mysterious terms? If so, this book is perfect for you! This best-selling book offers a unique 30-day program that makes learning how to read music simple and fun. Imagine how, in just about a month, you'll be able to look at sheet music and know exactly what every symbol, sign, and term means. You'll know the fundamental theory behind the how, why, and what of the music that's in front of you! With over 150 music examples, over 100 written exercises, 10 listening experiences, expert tips, lesson summaries, a final test, and online access to the audio examples, you will steadily progress towards learning: - The absolute essentials of music theory, - How rhythm really works, - The complete system behind musical notes, - The crucial details of music notation, - How specific musical symbols give life to written music. A strong foundation in the basics is essential if you want to read music, play an instrument for your friends and fans, sing in a choir or as a solo, record in a studio, compose music, write songs, or anything else in music. This book is your practical, step-by-step guide to building that foundation. Finally, you can stop searching the web endlessly in hopes of finding the right information. With this comprehensive but practical approach, your music theory questions are answered in full. And thanks to the valuable feedback of hundreds of students of all ages and backgrounds, "How to Read Music in 30 days" is now in its 3rd edition, revised and expanded to suit all types of beginner musicians. Thousands of students have successfully gone through this practical system to master musical notation and fundamental music theory. Now, it's your turn! Can I really learn how to read music in 30 days? Absolutely! In fact, we start reading our most basic symbols as from day 1. You will not become an expert sight-reader in 30 days: no book, no teacher, and no program can replace the practice it takes to become a professional. But you can significantly cut down on the time it takes to get there by learning the foundations in the right way and in the right order. This is what this book is for. Is this book for guitarists, pianists, singers, and other instrumentalists? Since the basics are the same for all instruments, this book will benefit anyone who is a beginner no matter which instruments they play. If you're looking to refresh your music theory basics, fill any gaps in your knowledge of musical notation, or start from absolute scratch in reading music, this book is for you. Can I skip through lessons? The author suggests going through the program as it is presented. The comprehensive curriculum is designed to: progress in small steps, fill any knowledge gaps for those returning to music after a long pause, and build a foundation for any exams, tests, or diplomas you might someday want to sit for.

Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019992189X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog subtractive, FM, additive, physical modeling, wavetable, sample-based, and granular. While the book is grounded in theory, it relies on practical examples and contemporary production techniques show the reader how to utilize electronic sound design to maximize and improve his or her work. Creating Sounds from Scratch is ideal for all who work in sound creation, composition, editing, and contemporary commercial production.

Author: Dan Fox
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457421542
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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Learn everything you need to know to start playing music from standard notation on the guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Guitar players of all ages can begin or continue their journey to a lifetime of playing either acoustic or electric guitar from musical notation. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will dive straight into learning about different notes, rests, key signatures, and chords. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play lead sheets and arrangements at sight. Features: * Covers intermediate to advanced syncopations * Relates the notes you’re reading to the fretboard on the guitar * Teaches reading in common meters, odd meters, double time, and cut time * Guitar fingerboard chart Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

Author: Rebecca Watson
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385545770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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"Extraordinary"--THE NEW YORKER In the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport comes a dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day. She wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin. Relayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom so fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching? Fiercely moving and slyly profound, little scratch is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in--and survive--the darkest moments.

Author: Jonathan Harnum
Publisher: Questions Ink. Publishing
ISBN: 9780970751287
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced teacher using methods refined over more than ten years in his private teaching studio and in schools. --from publisher description.

Author: Cornelius Cardew
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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"Any direction modern music will take in England will come about only through Cardew, because of him, by way of him. If the new ideas in music are felt today as a movement in England, it's because he acts as a moral force, a moral centre." This is Morton Feldman's assessment of Cardew's importance, an assessment that took on prophetic status when Cardew cofounded the Scratch Orchestra in 1969. This orchestra was a culmination of the ideals expressed in Cardew's own music in the 1960s when, working in almost total isolation from the musical establishment, he patiently drew together a large group of composers and performers into experimental music through his own compositional activities and through teaching. This group became the nucleus of the orchestra. The draft constitution of the Scratch Orchestra opens as follows: "Definition:A Scratch Orchestra is a large number of enthusiasts pooling their resources (not primarily material resources) and assembling for action (music-making, performance, edification). "Note:The word music and its derivatives are here not understood to refer exclusively to sound and related phenomena (hearing, etc).What they do refer to is flexible and depends entirely on the members of the Scratch Orchestra. "The Scratch Orchestraintends to function in the public sphere, and this function will be expressed in the form of—for lack of a better word—concerts." This lively book on the repertory the orchestra created is as much graphic and visual as it is verbal and about aural events and happenings. This is because scratch composers are often possessed of strong visual imaginations—after all, scratch music itself (as the above "Note" suggests) is meant to be perceived by the eye and indeed by all the senses and not just by the ear (the sensual mix varies from one composition to another). Also, the notation used in preparing scores for actual performance may be graphic, collage, verbal, musical, or whatnot. The main body of the book depicts a selection of such scores. They are composed of written words, photographs, maps, graphs, diagrams, musical flow charts, conventional musical notation, whimsical drawings, playing cards, crossword puzzles, and various other things. Together, they give the reader some idea of what it is like to put on a scratch music event.