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Music-Research Digest Sun, 18 Mar 90 Volume 5 : Issue 26
Today's Topics:
Expert Systems / Improvisation (2 msgs)
How do I subscript to Computer Music Journal?
MIDI Toolkit
Music Education (was: Re: MR Vol. 5, #21)
Request for Info
Word processing like program for music
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Date: 15 Mar 90 22:58:07 GMT
From: scott gordon <gordonvs%csusac@edu.ucdavis.ucdavis>
Subject: Expert Systems / Improvisation
To: music-research@prg
This is my first posting ever, so forgive any little errors.
I hope to do my Master's on improvisation via expert systems. If anyone
out there knows of any work that has been done regarding this sort of
things, please email me: gordonvs@athena.ecs.csus.edu
Many thanks.
Scott
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Date: 16 Mar 90 15:15:11 GMT
From: Eliot Handelman <eliot%phoenix@edu.princeton>
Subject: Expert Systems / Improvisation
To: music-research@prg
In article <1990Mar15.225807.6827@csusac.csus.edu> gordonvs@csusac.csus.edu (scott gordon) writes:
;This is my first posting ever, so forgive any little errors.
;I hope to do my Master's on improvisation via expert systems.
>>Error: The symbol IMPROVISATION has no global value.
SYMBOL-VALUE:
Required arg 0 (S): IMPROVISATION
:A Abort to Lisp Top Level
:C Try evaluating IMPROVISATION again
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Date: 16 Mar 90 02:17:38 GMT
From: Kenneth Lee <kenny%hpcuhc%hpda@edu.berkeley.ucbvax>
Subject: How do I subscript to Computer Music Journal?
To: music-research@prg
I would like to subscript to Computer Music Journal. Does anyone
have the contact phone number or address?
Please email to me at
kenny@hpisqm.hp.com
Thank you.
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Date: 16 Mar 90 06:10:03 GMT
From: Dean Rubine <dandb%k.gp.cs.cmu.edu@edu.cmu.cs.pt>
Subject: MIDI Toolkit
To: music-research@prg
In article <4552@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> bob@inmos.co.uk (Bob Green) writes:
>This seems like a good time to let you know what's going on. I know I promised
>to post the CMU midi toolkit to this group by the end of last week. The
>obersvant among you will notice that it didn't happen, ...
To whom it may concern:
I just posted (long and boring) instructions for ftp'ing CMU MIDI Toolkit
from CMU in rec.music.synth. The gist of them is:
ftp g.gp.cs.cmu.edu
name: anonymous
password: Your name
cd /usr/rbd/cmt
dir
get README
and work from there. Look in new/manual for the lastest version of the
manual, and newer/src for an amiga version (not mentioned in the README file).
Enjoy.
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Date: 16 Mar 90 21:55:05 GMT
From: pa2253 <pa2253%sdcc13%sdcc6@edu.ucsd>
Subject: Music Education (was: Re: MR Vol. 5, #21)
To: music-research@prg
In article <14580@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) writes:
> (alot of information)
Very perceptive, Eliot. I have neglect the relationship of
music departments to their larger parents: the university
bureaucracy. A program`s survival depends upon its perceived worth
in the eye`s of its funders. Empirical tendencies in curricula
structure can justify a program regardless of its content.
Administrative bodies cannot be expected to understand compositional
values, so I can see that it is a true struggle to develop a program
that promotes freedom and restricts imposition as program evaluation
is the task of bureaucrats, not musicians. With this reality
exposed, I can only ask for as much freedom that I can get away
with.
Christopher Penrose
penrose@do.ucsd.edu
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 20:11:14 EST
From: Erubin@bitnet.umass
Subject: Request for Info
To: music-research@com.sun.eng.bartok
I am looking for some information that will help in choosing a
PC-based music writing package for standard notation. I am
looking at a new (to me, anyhow) program called NOTE PROCESSOR
for personal use as a musicologist and composer, and for
use as a vehicle for graduate students, who would learn this
program either for writingscore and parts or for transcribing
music into research papers. (The blurb says it can produce TIFF
files for use in word processors.)
The advantages apopear to be (a) price: $under $400, (b) either
DARMS or MIDI input (c) easy on-screen editing with a mouse-
oriented interface, and (d) a short learning curve. From my
preliminary looks I wouldx guess 8-10 hours to usable skill
level, probably no more than a month to a comfortable user level.
I have a couple of questions about this,, and would appreciate
anyone with sxperience or suggestions responding to via BITNET to
ERUBIN@UMASS.UCC.Edu:
1. How widely used is DARMS as a transcription/input language--is
it worth teaching to graduate students for that purpose? It
strikes me as clear, easy to learn, and transportable as
ASCII from-to any kind of machines. Given situations in
which MIDI input might be problematic or impossible, it also
strikes me as a useful lingua franca among musicians; for
example, sending music across BITNET. Have any of you any
knowledge or experience along those lines?
2. Are you aware of any good learning texts for DARMS? I would
appreciate bibliography and evaluative remarks.
3. Has anyone had experience with this program? If so, what are
its strengths or weaknesses?
4. Would anyone care to suggest alternative programs that share
the advantages that appear to go with NOTE PROCESSOR?
Thanks. I would appreciate hearing from people on this.
Emanuel Rubin
University of Massachusetts
2.
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Date: 15 Mar 90 11:02:31 GMT
From: d89-bfr <d89-bfr%luth%eru@edu.mit.bloom-beacon>
Subject: Word processing like program for music
To: music-research@prg
I know this subject was up a month ago, or so, but I never saw any
real results. Someone mentioned a program called Dr T's music something.
Are there more programs of this kind and where can I get them from.
Are any of them public domain or shareware? Those that are not, are
they more expensive than a students bank account can allow?
Just interested.
_
/Bjorn.
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