Sound Reasoning: A New Way to Listen

Sound Reasoning: A New Way to Listen.

Really nice “tutorial” on how to listen and appreciate music (mainly focused on western classical music). Requires no formal knowledge of music (or music notation, theory, etc). Lots of audio examples and music excerpts are used to demonstrate the concepts and musical analysis throughout the text (which is really comprehensive).

Highly recommended for anyone interested in learning how to fully appreciate music and all its complexities expressed through sound.

By the way, this “tutorial” is hosted at the excellent Connexions website, where it’s possible to find several other “open source”/wiki-style modules of educational materials. You can even contribute to it!

Music Ontology Specification

The Music Ontology Specification provides main concepts and properties fo describing music (i.e. artists, albums, tracks, but also performances, arrangements, etc.) on the Semantic Web. This document contains a detailed description of the Music Ontology.

via Music Ontology Specification.

Pat Metheny plays with Robots

YouTube – Pat Metheny – The Orchestrion EPK.

Btw, here is an interesting interview with Eric Singer (the guy behind probably most of those robots):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ehSJVqyr8FY

And a movie about the work of Trimpin:

http://www.trimpinmovie.com/

And last, but not the least, the site of Ajay Kapur (a good friend, who will soon pay us a visit here in Porto! :-)):

http://www.ajaykapur.com/

All big names in music robots! 🙂

Listening Styles and Listening Strategies

Listening Styles and Listening Strategies, by David Huron

Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights

Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights. by Aaron Dunn — Kickstarter.

Music Notation with HTML5 Canvas

HTML5 Music Notation Demo

via 0xFE – 11111110b – 0376 – 254 b9#9: Music Notation with HTML5 Canvas.

PWGL – A Visual Programming Language

PWGL – Home.

PWGL is a free cross-platform visual language based on Common Lisp, CLOS and OpenGL, specialized in computer aided composition and sound synthesis. It is programmed using theLispworks programming environment.

Open Source Lead Sheet, Improv Tool, a Free Band-in-a-Box Alternative

Create Digital Music » Open Source Lead Sheet, Improv Tool, a Free Band-in-a-Box Alternative.

iPad Apps for Music Making: What’s Coming, The Bigger Picture

Create Digital Music » iPad Apps for Music Making: What’s Coming, The Bigger Picture.

Creative Commons for Musicians: Can You Make Money by Giving Music Away? | Audiotuts+

Creative Commons for Musicians: Can You Make Money by Giving Music Away? | Audiotuts+.