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Author Hugill, Andrew, author

Title The digital musician / Andrew Hugill
Edition Third edition
Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Contents The Digital Musician- Front Cover; The Digital Musician; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; FIGURES; TABLES; Preface; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; TO THE EDUCATORS; TO THE STUDENTS; ABOUT THE PROJECTS; ABOUT THE CASE STUDIES; WEB RESOURCES; Notes to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Digital Musician; What Are You?; Where Have You Come From?; Where Are You Going?; Introduction to the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Part I: Aural Awareness; Chapter 1: Hearing and Listening; Hearing; Listening
Comments from the Case StudiesFood for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 2: Listening to Music; How Musicians Listen; The Musician's Ear; Aural Phenomena; Active Listening; Critical Listening; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 3: Exploring Sound; Acoustics and Psychoacoustics; From Noise to Silence; Sound Structures; Pitch and Tuning; Duration; Timbre vs. Spectrum; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Part II: Musical Creativity
Chapter 4: Working with Digital AudioAbout Digital Audio; Digital vs. Post-Digital; Creative Digital Audio; Digital Synthesis; Recording and Mixing; Musical Metadata; Music Information Retrieval; Sonification; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 5: Shaping Sounds; Selecting Sounds; Representing Sounds; Manipulating Sounds; Sculpting Sounds; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 6: Organizing Sound; Sound-Art/Sonic Art; Sound in Space; Networked Space
SpatializationMultichannel Sound Diffusion; Sound through Time; Spectromorphology; Style; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 7: Composing Music; The Composer; Why Compose?; The Compositional Process; Aural Imagination; Intention and Result; Freedom and Constraint; Originality; Form and Structure; Moods and Modalities; Collaborative Composition; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Part III: Performance Ability; Chapter 8: Instruments; Musicians and Their Instruments; Organology
Extended Acoustic InstrumentsSoftware Instruments; About MIDI; Controllers; Hardware Hacking; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 9: Performing; The Performer; Performance Situations; Networked Performance; Installation Work; Performance Scores; Being Live; Improvisation; Live Coding; Artificial Intelligence; Comments from the Case Studies; Food for Thought; Projects; Further Reading; Suggested Listening; Chapter 10: Musicianship; Digital Musicianship; Technical Mastery; Critical Judgment; Aural Skills; Musical Literacy
Summary The Digital Musician, Third Edition is an introductory textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. Written to be accessible to students from any musical background, this book examines cultural awareness, artistic identity and musical skills, offering a system-agnostic survey of digital music creation. Each chapter presents creative projects that reinforce concepts, as well as case studies of real musicians and discussion questions for further reflection. This third edition has been updated to reflect developments in an ever-changing musical landscape--most notably the proliferation of mobile technologies--covering topics such as collaborative composition, virtual reality, data sonification and digital scores, while encouraging readers to adapt to continuous technological changes. With an emphasis on discovering one's musical voice and identity, and tools and ideas that are relevant in any musical situation, The Digital Musician is sure to be an invaluable student resource for years to come. Features of the third edition: Additional case studies, with new interviews exclusive to the third edition Revised chapter structure with an emphasis on student focus and understanding, featuring additional and expanded chapters. einstatement of selected and updated first edition topics, including mixing, mastering and microphones. Companion website featuring case study interviews, a historical listening list, bibliography and many additional projects
Notes Previous edition: 2012
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Musicians -- Effect of technological innovations on
Computer music
Composition (Music) -- Technological innovations
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques.
Electronic musical instruments.
Electronic music.
electronic instruments.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Electronic.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Composition.
Andrew Hugill.
aesthetics.
aural awareness.
composing.
creative identity.
digital minimalism.
digital music.
digital musician.
digital sound.
drone.
electroacoustic music.
electronic music.
electronic music composition.
evocative transcription.
experimental music.
FFT.
fixed media.
fourier transform.
hardware hacking.
harmonic series.
hearing.
improvisation.
interactive music.
listening.
live coding.
live performance.
loudness.
MIDI.
machine listening.
multimedia.
musicians.
musicianship.
musicology.
music technology.
networked performance.
noise.
psychoacoustics.
Routledge.
silence.
sonic art.
soundscape.
soundwalk.
sound structures.
spectrograms.
spectromorphology.
timbre.
waveform.
Computer music
Electronic music
Electronic musical instruments
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques
Form Electronic book
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