Musical Information (Mus 253/CS 275A)
Stanford University
This two-quarter sequence, offered yearly in the winter and spring quarters, is devoted to understanding symbolic musical information as it is used in different application domains (Mus 253/CS 275A) and providing an in-depth experience with data representations for musical analysis, or a related research questions (Mus 254/CS 275B).

Musical information (Mus 253/CS 275A) examines diverse applications in printing, sound, and analysis of music. Many systems of music representation are tailored to a specific application domain. A basic understanding of the nature of music representation facilitates rapid learning of new notation and sound software, as well as conversion of musical data between applications. It also forms a solid foundation for the development of research projects involving music query, analysis, and style simulation which are topics covered in Mus 254/CS 275B.

Mus 253/CS 275A can be taken for one to four credits. Students taking the course for one credit are expected to attend the regular class sessions, or they can attend and do homework for one of the three segments of the class: (1) Music Notation, (2) MIDI, or (3) music analysis applications. Auditors are welcome, see the syllabus for the schedule of topics (times special lectures are given in parentheses).

Course Information Winter Quarter 2006
Revised: 4 Feb 2006