Is Music Infinite? Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Musical Creation
Offered By: Gresham College via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Tempos getting simpler James Brown to 70s disco
Lyrics getting simpler From Pink Floyd to Justin Bieber
Pop songs using the same four chords
Pitch/timbre getting simpler
Classic songs that were covers/sampled other songs
From rock'n'roll to death metal
The shortest note
Infinite music
Shepard tone
Bach's 'The Musical Offering'
Schubert's 'Sonata in B-flat Major'
The Andalusian Muwashahat
Morgenstern & Barlow's Dictionary
Forte numbers
Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps', 'A Love Supreme'
Morphospace
How Jimmy Smith played the blues organ
Damien Riehl copyrighting all melodies to protect artists
The Musical Library of Babel + Conclusion
Q&A Session
Taught by
Gresham College
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