Artistic Seminar 1
Code
722021028
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Isabel Pires, Vincent Debut
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire enlarged and solid knowledge on sound phenomenology from the point of view of sound physical production and cognition.
b) To acquire expertise on the modern musical acoustics as well as sound instruments that depend from electrified technologies.
c) To acquire knowledge about the theoretical and practical foundations of sound synthesis.
d) To study the association between specific sounds and the synthesis technique that produced them.
e) To develop skills for the use of studied concepts in divers programming environments.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Module 1: Physical Acoustics and sound.
Teacher: Vincent Debut
1. Studying sound phenomenology under its physical point of view.
2. Studying production and propagation of sound phenomena, sound signals representations, rooms acoustics and auditory system.
3. Studying relevant aspects of musical and instrumental sound acoustics.
4. Psychoacoustics.
Module 2: Technical synthesis and sonority study. The sound forms.
Teacher: Isabel Pires
5. Developing theoretical knowledge and practical ability on using the key techniques of digital sound synthesis.
6. Acquiring skills on virtual instruments building.
7. Acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge concerning the sound \"forms\".
8. Studying the auditory sound synthesis perception and its association to technical procedures and aesthetic aspects.
9. Practical Programming in CSound.
Bibliography
Guillaume, P. (2005). Acoustique et musique: de linstrument à lordinateur. Paris: Hermès Science, Lavoisier.
Henrique, L. (2002). Acústica Musical. Lisboa: F.C. Gulbenkian.
Marshall, L. (2006). Architectural Acoustics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
Rossing, T.D. (1990). The Science of Sound. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
Heller, E. J. (2012). Why you hear what you hear: an experiential approach to sound, music and psychoacoustics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U. Press.
Boulanger, Richard C. (2000). Csound Book. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Bregman, Albert S. (1990). Auditory Scene Analysis. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Dodge, Charles & JERSE, Thomas A. (1985). Computer music, synthesis, Composition, and Performance. NY: Schirmer Books.
Manning, Peter. (2004). Electronic and computer music. NY: Oxford U. Press.
McAdams, S., Bigand, E. (1994). Penser les sons, psychologie cognitive de laudition. Paris: PUF.
Roads, C. (1996). The Computer Music Tutorial. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Teaching method
Teaching method: Practical and theoretical sessions. Oral presentation from the matters (50%). Musical works audition, laboratorial sound examples analysis and discussion.
Evaluation method
Evaluation method:
Module 1: Continuous evaluation and a final written assessment (50%).
Module 2: Continuous evaluation by production one or more short practical exercises, a final programming project with artistic and creative (25%). A final written assessment (25%).