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MPA 305 - Measuring Music


Interdisciplinary inquiry into the quantitative dimension of sound and music. Topics include sound waves, sound perception, tuning, harmonic spectra (via Fourier analysis), music computation, and music notation, with creative and digital signal processing applications. Students design music notations and learn to edit and program electronic music with contemporary software tools. Concurrent enrollment in MPA 306 - History of Electronic Music  recommended.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4) and (MPA 100 ) with a C- or better)]
General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Units: 3