3/1 The z-transform

3/3 Tuning and temperament

3/6 MIDI: performance, quantization, file format

3/8 Music sequencers/editors, introduction to Rosegarden

3/10 Musical notation: pitch/time/expression/chords

3/13 Musical notation: keys/bars/repeats

3/15

3/17 NO CLASS

3/20 SPRING BREAK

3/22 SPRING BREAK

3/24 SPRING BREAK

3/27 Physical modeling: excitation and resonance, vibrating strings and surfaces, plucked strings

3/29 Physical modeling: waveguide models, Karplus-Strong

3/31 Audio compression: psychoacoustics, MP3, OGG

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