Algorithmic Composition : A Guide to Composing Music with Nyquist.
Title:
Algorithmic Composition : A Guide to Composing Music with Nyquist.
Author:
Dannenberg, Roger B.
ISBN:
9780472029051
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The History and Philosophy of Algorithmic Composition -- Chapter 3. Introduction to SAL -- Chapter 4. Programming and Nyquist -- Chapter 5. Introduction to Algorithmic Composition -- Chapter 6. Printing, Reading, and Debugging -- Chapter 7. Variable Assignment and Scoping -- Chapter 8. Conditionals -- Chapter 9. Sets and Tables -- Chapter 10. Functional Programming -- Chapter 11. Recursion -- Chapter 12. Iteration -- Chapter 13. Algorithmic Composition Using Probabilistic Methods -- Chapter 14. Hierarchical and Recursive Musical Structure -- Chapter 15. Composing Sonic Microstructure and Macrostructure -- Chapter 16. Extended Examples -- Chapter 17. Epilogue -- Appendix. SAL Commands and Functions -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index.
Abstract:
Algorithmic Composition offers new ways of thinking about the organization of sound that we call music.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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