Koto Sounds Into Your Art and Music
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General
Course Long Title
Koto Sounds Into Your Art and Music
Subject Code
MITM
Course Number
324M
School(s)
Academic Level
UG - Undergraduate
Description
This course is a lecture and workshop and will explore the ways to integrate koto sounds into your art/music making.
We will be exploring
How the koto works: possibilities and limitations/n Like any instrument, koto has its own physical reality that allows koto to do certain things and not other things. We will learn these realities so we can think about what it means to have koto sounds and the special and unique aspects of this instrument.
Koto notation systems and Western notation systems
Koto has its own notation system. There are reasons why we still use it. We compare it and Western notations and learn about the possibilities and limitations of each notation system as well as how we can utilize both systems./n3) Other ways to communicate with koto performers for your art-making. /n Using a notation system is only a way to communicate with performers about your ideas. We will explore other ways to communicate with performers for your art-making.
Classical koto music, Ghibli music, city pop, and other forms of music may be used as examples for this course
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to create a sketch of their artwork that includes koto sounds, discuss it, and have it played by a koto performer.
We will be exploring
How the koto works: possibilities and limitations/n Like any instrument, koto has its own physical reality that allows koto to do certain things and not other things. We will learn these realities so we can think about what it means to have koto sounds and the special and unique aspects of this instrument.
Koto notation systems and Western notation systems
Koto has its own notation system. There are reasons why we still use it. We compare it and Western notations and learn about the possibilities and limitations of each notation system as well as how we can utilize both systems./n3) Other ways to communicate with koto performers for your art-making. /n Using a notation system is only a way to communicate with performers about your ideas. We will explore other ways to communicate with performers for your art-making.
Classical koto music, Ghibli music, city pop, and other forms of music may be used as examples for this course
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to create a sketch of their artwork that includes koto sounds, discuss it, and have it played by a koto performer.