Introduction to Digital Music with Python Programming

Learning Music with Code
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-47083-8
Verlag: Focal Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Introduction to Digital Music with Python Programming provides a foundation in music and code for the beginner. It shows how coding empowers new forms of creative expression while simplifying and automating many of the tedious aspects of production and composition.

With the help of online, interactive examples, this book covers the fundamentals of rhythm, chord structure, and melodic composition alongside the basics of digital production. Each new concept is anchored in a real-world musical example that will have you making beats in a matter of minutes.

Music is also a great way to learn core programming concepts such as loops, variables, lists, and functions, Introduction to Digital Music with Python Programming is designed for beginners of all backgrounds, including high school students, undergraduates, and aspiring professionals, and requires no previous experience with music or code.

Zielgruppe

Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horn, Michael S.

West, Melanie

Roberts, Cameron

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Why Music and Coding?

Interlude 1: Basic Pop Beat

Chapter 2: Rhythm and Tempo

Interlude 2: Custom Trap Beat

Chapter 3: Pitch, Harmony, and Dissonance

Interlude 3: Melodies and Lists

Chapter 4: Chords

Interlude 4: Playing Chords

Chapter 5: Scales, Keys, and Melody

Interlude 5: Lean on Me

Chapter 6: Diatonic Chords and Progressions

Interlude 6: Random Chord progressions

Chapter 7: Frequency, Fourier, and Filters

Interlude 7: Creative Effects

Chapter 8: Note-Based Production Effects

Interlude 8: Drum Fills

Chapter 9: Song Composition and EarSketch

Interlude 9: Snare Drum Riser

Chapter 10: Modular Synthesis

Interlude 10: Drum Machine

Chapter 11: History of Music and Computing

Appendix A: Python Reference

Appendix B: TunePad Reference

Appendix C: Music Reference

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael S. Horn is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Learning Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he directs the Tangible Interaction Design and Learning (TIDAL) Lab.

Melanie West is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University and co-founder of Tiz Media Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering underrepresented youth through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs.

Cameron Roberts is a software developer and musician living in Chicago. He holds degrees from Northwestern University in Music Performance and Computer Science.