Nakra, Teresa M. - Constructing Music

Ideal for music theory courses that use computers, including hybrid and asynchronous online courses
• Fosters inclusion in college music curricula by making musical understanding and creativity accessible to greater numbers of students
• Breaks down several longstanding barriers to studying music at the postsecondary level, including notation literacy, limits on musical cultures and styles, and emphasizing drill and practice instead of personal creativity

Constructing Music presents a new way to teach music theory by exchanging Western musical notation on a 5-line staff for the basics of computer programming. The book teaches students how to build musical structures using code through dozens of examples that simulate musical phenomena and gradually increase in complexity. Along the way, students are invited to modify the examples to make them their own.