Competences developed in the course

Transversal competences:

CT4: Efficiently use information and communication technologies.

CT12: Adapt, under competitive conditions, to cultural, social and artistic changes and to advances occurring in the professional field, and select appropriate pathways for continuous professional development.

CT16: Use available means and resources responsibly towards cultural and environmental heritage.

General competences:

CG5: Know the technological resources specific to their field of activity and their applications in music, preparing themselves to assimilate new developments in this area.

CG24: Develop capacities for self-directed learning throughout their professional life.

CG25: Know and be able to use study and research methodologies that enable continuous development and innovation of their musical activity throughout their career.

Specific competences:

SO3: Apply technologies to the fields of music creation, performance and public dissemination, and use technical resources that enable sound production and organization, as well as the different approaches, applications and functionalities that underpin musical creation.

SO5: Know and critically evaluate the most recent trends and developments in different fields of music technology, being able to assess their implications in the processes of music creation, performance, dissemination and reception, as well as design and program applications for composition and performance in real time or deferred time.

SO7: Know the techniques and procedures for creation and support of musical, sound and audiovisual creative processes.

DI6: Know technological applications for musical notation, recording, editing and performance.

MU3: Know the materials of music, historical and modern composition techniques, instruments, their construction, acoustics and other organological characteristics.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Develop an overview of the main musical applications of music computing, as well as technological developments related to sound devices.

2. Gain in-depth knowledge of the main musical communication protocols currently used and practically experiment with real and virtual sound artefacts developed with current technologies.

3. Gain in-depth knowledge of the conventions of Western musical notation and the challenges they present in music notation software.

4. Understand the state of the art and become familiar with data-entry technologies for notation (MIDI, OCR, audio transcription).

5. Be able to transcribe musical scores of medium and high complexity, customizing notation software to address the transcription of scores using non-standard notation.

6. Promote critical thinking and scientific methodology regarding contemporary technological developments.

7. Develop a general understanding of the possibilities offered by technology in music and learn to use various computer tools of musical interest.

8. Use the different technical devices involved in sound production.

9. Correctly select, configure and manipulate the different technical devices involved in sound production, and develop the practical skills required to carry out a simple sound recording session.

Contents

General concepts regarding the application of technology to musical notation and its role as support for composition. Applications in different working environments. Internet as a communication tool and source of resources. Characteristics and selection criteria according to different needs and available resources.

Computers: types and specifications for musical applications. Synthesizers: types and specifications. Controllers: types and suitability according to needs and objectives. Other peripherals: audio and graphics.

Teaching methodology

The assessment system is based on continuous assessment, founded on diagnostic evaluation and implemented through summative assessment leading to the final grade.

Continuous assessment is carried out through different assessment records derived from specific activities such as participation and class work, completion of assignments, compositions, practical activities, submission of written work or completion of written, oral or listening tests.

Assessment systems

El sistema d’avaluació és l’avaluació contínua, fonamentada en una avaluació diagnòstica i concretada en una avaluació sumativa que dona lloc a la qualificació final. L’avaluació contínua es realitza a través de diferents registres d’avaluació derivats d’activitats concretes d’avaluació com la participació i el treball a classe, la realització de treballs, composicions, pràctiques, la presentació de treballs escrits o la realització de proves escrites, orals o auditives.