1. by Prof. Lydia Ayers

2. Objectives Practice music notation, using Noteworthy Composer, on your rhythm composition, which is due in the lab today (see next slide) Make a sequence of your composition using samples in CoolEdit

3. Composition DUE in This Lab You should have completed the following composition for this lab – if not, you will need to write one very quickly Write an 8-bar rhythm composition in a meter of your choice –Hint: it’s often good to end on the first beat of the last measure Set nonsense words below your rhythm –Examples: skoo be doo tuk chuk dum tak ka ba da Try to make it sound interesting, but don’t use too many kinds of sounds because it will take too long to record them all

4. Composition DUE in This Lab Write another part to accompany your composition using your drum and shaker sounds Optional: You can add additional parts if you want to To print music paper from the Web: https://www.cs.ust.hk/~layers/Password_ Only/exploringmusic/image/blank_music_ paper.gif https://www.cs.ust.hk/~layers/Password_ Only/exploringmusic/image/blank_music_ paper.gif

5. Noteworthy Composer Noteworthy Composer is a music notation program Practice using it on your rhythm composition Your TA will show you how to use it to notate rhythms and lyrics You should have one staff for each part – at least two parts: –A nonsense syllable track –A rhythm track

6. Noteworthy Composer Basics Create a new score using File  New –Select “Blank Score”, and click “OK” –Fill in the author/title info as you like! Add a second staff – Staff Menu  New Staff Insert the Time Signature (e.g. 2/4, 9/8) –Insert Menu  Time Signature… –Enter the information as appropriate –Repeat for both staffs Should be the same value for both lines No need (for Lab 3!) to insert Clef, Key Signature

7. Noteworthy Composer Basics Add notes, rests, bar lines –Click on the desired staff, location –For a note/rest, select the duration –For a note, hit the Enter key

8. Noteworthy Composer Basics Add notes, rests, bar lines –Click on the desired staff, location –For a note/rest, select the duration –For a note, hit the Enter key –For a rest, hit the Spacebar key

9. Noteworthy Composer Basics Add notes, rests, bar lines –Click on the desired staff, location –For a note/rest, select the duration –For a note, hit the Enter key –For a rest, hit the Spacebar key –For a bar line, hit the Tab key

10. Noteworthy Composer Basics Remember to beam notes together correctly! –Highlight the notes to beam –Click on the Beam button

11. Noteworthy Composer Basics Remember to beam notes together correctly! –Highlight the notes to beam –Click on the Beam button

12. Noteworthy Composer Basics To insert lyrics –Select the staff that you want the lyrics to be “attached” to –Click the Lyrics button

13. Noteworthy Composer Basics To insert lyrics (con’t) In the pop-up window –For Line Count, select 1 Lyric Line –Select the Lyric 1 tab –Enter the lyrics, each syllable separated by a space or hyphen (“-”) –Click “OK”

14. Noteworthy Composer Basics To play, click the Play button All notes will be on a piano –Lyrics are not sung

15. Record Samples Record any new sounds required for your composition using the SoundEditor, as you did last week. –Record the nonsense syllables –Record any new percussion sounds that you may have added

16. Prepare the Sounds Clean up the sounds using CoolEdit, as you did last week. Convert your.wav file to 22050 sampling rate. –All the.wav files must use the same sampling rate Convert your.wav file to mono. –This exercise will be easier if all your sample files are mono Make sure you have only one sound in each file. Get rid of any unnecessary noise at the beginning and the end of each sound.

17. Create a Sequence Copy and paste your recorded samples into a new file to make a sequence Use one channel for each part –If you have more than two channels, you can use more than one track, but you will only be able to hear left and right channels on your headphones –However, for 3 parts, you could put one in the left channel, one in the right channel, and the third on another track in the middle of the two channels Listen to your composition and change anything that you want to improve You may want to repeat it with some variation

18. Changing the Pitch Listen to your composition If you want to have some higher and lower sounds, you can use Effects -> Time/Pitch -> Stretch –The following example raises the pitch 7 half steps –-You can also have fun raising and lowering it randomly

19. Changing the Pitch If you want to have some funny sounds, you can use the pitch bender (Effects -> Time/Pitch -> Pitch Bender) –The following Squirrely example makes the sound bounce up and down

20. Changing the Pitch The Doppler Shifter is also quite funny (Effects -> Time/Pitch -> Doppler Shifter) –The following Rotating Point Source example makes the sound bounce around