Digital Technology and the Study of Music
(1995) Digital Technology and the Study of Music. International Journal of Music Education 25(1):pp. 14-19.
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Abstract
This paper examines three functions of music technology in the study of music. Firstly as a tool, secondly as an instrument and lastly as a medium for thinking. As our societies become increasingly embroiled in digital media for representation and communication, our philosophies of music education need to adapt to integrate these developments while maintaining the essence of music. The foundation of music technology in the 1990s is the digital representation of sound. It is this fundamental shift to a new medium with which to represent sound that carries with it the challenge to address digital technology and its multiple effects on music creation and presentation. In this paper I suggest that music institutions should take a broad and integrated approach to the place of music technology in their courses, based on the understanding of digital representation of sound and these three functions it can serve. Educators should reconsider digital technologies such as synthesizers and computers as music instruments and cognitive amplifiers, not simply as efficient tools.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | music; sound; education; technology |
| Subjects: | 410000 The Arts > 410100 Performing Arts > 410101 Music |
| ID Code: | 6212 |
| Deposited By: | Gibbons, Craig |
| Deposited On: | 14 February 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://ijm.sagepub.com/content/volos-25/issue1/ |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 1995 Sage Publications |
| Copyright Statement: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |