| SCHOOL | School of Music and Optoacoustic Technologies | ||
| ACADEMIC UNIT | Department of Music Technology and Acoustics | ||
| LEVEL OF STUDIES | Undergraduate | ||
| COURSE CODE | 0807.6.007.1 | SEMESTER | 2nd |
| COURSE TITLE | Electronic Musical Instruments | ||
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INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES if credits are awarded for separate components of the course |
WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS |
CREDITS |
| 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 0 | 6 |
| COURSE TYPE general background, special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development |
Επιστημονικής Περιοχής, Ανάπτυξης Δεξιοτήτων |
| PREREQUISITE COURSES | None |
| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS | English |
| OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS | Yes (in English) |
| COURSE WEBSITE (URL) |
| Learning outcomes |
The aim of the course is to introduce on the issues of the structure, operation, design and practice of electronic musical instruments and interactive musical systems used for music performance. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: - Analyse the structure and operation of electronic musical instruments. - To design original new musical instruments. - To experiment with the alternative methods of production & control of sound in music practice either in a group or individually. |
| General Competences |
The course aims to acquire the following general abilities: Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies. Adapting to new situations. Autonomous work. Group work. Work in an interdisciplinary environment. Production of new research ideas. Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking |
This course aims at acquaintance and familiarization of students with topics related to the structure, operation, design and practice of electronic musical instruments. The thematic sections of the course include: 1) Electronic Musical Instruments: Types, Function, Historical References. 2) Early electronic musical instruments - Composers – Computer use 3) Musical instruments as interactive systems – Parts of the musical instrument. 4) Comparison of acoustic and electronic musical instruments. 5) Generalized model of a musical instrument. 6) Audio design of alternative electronic and hybrid musical instruments 7) Live electronics-History and practices 8) The design and evaluation of electronic musical instruments 9) Exercise of designing an electronic musical instrument for more than two musicians. 10) Selected presentations of the current developments of the field - Examples. - Research methodology, institutions, research organizations, relevant international conferences and journals. – Selection of sources. 11) Personal student work. |
| DELIVERY Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc. |
Face-to-face | ||||
| USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students |
e-class |
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| TEACHING METHODS The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail. |
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| STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Description of the evaluation procedure |
Evaluation language: English 1. Oral examination (30%). 2. Participation in the design exercises (30%) 3. Individual (or in a small group -up to 3 people) design project of exemplary new electronic instrument (40%). |
[1] Σημειώσεις Διδάσκοντος [2] P.R. Cook (ed.), Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound – An Introduction to Psychoacoustics, The MIT Press, 1999. [3] Davis Hugh, Electronic Musical Instruments, New Grove Dictionary of Music, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1998-2002. [4] J. Eaton, “This is an Instrument" in Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 18 Part 3, 1999. [5] S. Emmerson, “Live' versus 'real-time”, Contemporary Music Review, 10(2), pp. 95-101, 1994. [6] J. Pressing, Jeff, “Cybernetic Issues in Interactive Performance Systems”, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 14 – 1, MIT Press, pp. 12-15, 1990. [7] C. Roads, The computer Music Tutorial, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. [8] L. Theremin, "Recollections", Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 18, Part 3, 1999. |