The Haskell School of Music
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The Haskell School of Music

From Signals to Symphonies

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Haskell School of Music

From Signals to Symphonies

About this book

This book explores the fundamentals of computer music and functional programming through the Haskell programming language. Functional programming is typically considered difficult to learn. This introduction in the context of creating music will allow students and professionals with a musical inclination to leverage their experience to help understand concepts that might be intimidating in more traditional computer science settings. Conversely, the book opens the door for programmers to interact with music by using a medium that is familiar to them. Readers will learn how to use the Euterpea library for Haskell (http://www.euterpea.com) to represent and create their own music with code, without the need for other music software. The book explores common paradigms used in algorithmic music composition, such as stochastic generation, musical grammars, self-similarity, and real-time interactive systems. Other topics covered include the basics of signal-based systems in Haskell, sound synthesis, and virtual instrument design.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Computer Music, Euterpea, and Haskell
  9. 2 Simple Music
  10. 3 Polymorphic and Higher-Order Functions
  11. 4 A Musical Interlude
  12. 5 Syntactic Magic
  13. 6 More Music
  14. 7 Qualified Types and Type Classes
  15. 8 From Music to MIDI
  16. 9 Interpretation and Performance
  17. 10 Self-Similar Music
  18. 11 Proof by Induction
  19. 12 An Algebra of Music
  20. 13 L-Systems and Generative Grammars
  21. 14 Random Numbers, Probability Distributions, and Markov Chains
  22. 15 Basic Input/Output
  23. 16 Higher-Order Types and Monads
  24. 17 Musical User Interfaces
  25. 18 Sound and Signals
  26. 19 Euterpea's Signal Functions
  27. 20 Spectrum Analysis
  28. 21 Additive and Subtractive Synthesis
  29. 22 Amplitude and Frequency Modulation
  30. 23 Physical Modeling
  31. Appendix A The PreludeList Module
  32. Appendix B Haskell’s Standard Type Classes
  33. Appendix C Built-In Types Are Not Special
  34. Appendix D Pattern-Matching Details
  35. Appendix E Haskell Quick Reference
  36. Appendix F Euterpea Quick Reference
  37. Appendix G HSoM Quick Reference
  38. Bibliography
  39. Index