In preparation for the discussion of score following and interactive computer-mediated performance, read the CD liner notes for, and listen to the composition There’s Just One Thing You Need to Know for Disklavier piano, synthesizer, and interactive computer system.

In preparation for the discussion of computer cognition of gesture, read “A Method for Computer Characterization of ‘Gesture’ in Musical Improvisation“. If you would like to see and hear the described computer algorithm in action, watch a video of an in-studio improvisation and a video of a live concert improvisation. (If you have not already done so, you should also do the portion of the previous assignment that relates to gesture recognition, reading and watching the “Gesture Follower” presentation made by the research team on Realtime Musical Interactions at IRCAM.)