Musical Style
David Cope
On Teaching Musical Style
Musical Style.
On Teaching Musical Style
Thought 1:
Analyzing style by ear:
The Game.
On Teaching Musical Style
Thought 5: Allusions.
Thievery, or in my view honorifics to
other composers and styles presents
another way of recognizing styles.
Analyzing, and thus listening to and
composing music. cannot be truly
meaningful without understanding the
allusions present.
On Teaching Musical Style
Thought 6: Earmarks.
Like signatures and allusions, earmarks
repeat with variation in many works
composers. Earmarks, however, are
cues to musical form.
On Teaching Musical Style
Thought 7: Sources
Can a computer program create a
convincing example of the style of a
composer using the previous six criteria
without that composer’s music being
present in the database?
On Teaching Musical Style