Making Music with Computers

Requiring minimal musical or programming experience, this text introduces important concepts and skills necessary to generate music with computers. It interweaves computing pedagogy with musical concepts and creative activities, helping students learn computer programming in a creative context and understand how to build computer music applications. Also suitable for self-study, the book shows musicians and digital music enthusiasts how to write music software and create algorithmic music compositions. A supplementary website provides a music library and other software resources used in the text.

Bill Manaris, Andrew R. Brown

Introduction and History. Building Blocks. Organization and Data. Transformation and Process. Iteration and Lists. Randomness and Choices. Sonification and Big Data. Interactive Musical Instruments. Making Connections. Music, Number, and Nature. Exploring Powerful Ideas. References. Appendices.