MYL 843E - Preparat.Studi. in Sonic Arts

Course Objectives

1. To develop skills in managing compositional structure and materials, and techniques of
organising sound space through a series of electronic composition projects,
2. To inform about formative debates and theories of the sonic arts through reading
assignments,
3. To develop skills in critical listening such as spectral listening, and teach to identify basic
types of sound objects,
4. To inform about the significant schools of compositional style from 1950 to the present
day through a series of listening assignments,

Course Description

Compositional skills such as managing form and development; critical listening, formal and timbre
analysis, learning existing critical trends and literature; audio programming, studio skills, and
relevant aspects of psychoacoustics and digital audio theory.