BAIN MUSC 336
Introduction to Computer Music

Terms & Concepts

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1. Acousmatic music {WP}
2. Acoustics {WP}
3. Algorithmic composition {WP}
4. Artificial intelligence (AI) {WP}
• Generative AI {WP}
5. Cellular automata {WP}
6. Computational creativity {WP}
7. Computer music {WP}
8. Computer-aided composition
9. Digital audio {WP}
10. Digital audio workstation (DAW) {WP}
11. Digital signal processing (DSP) {WP}
12. Electronic music {WP}
13. Electroacoustic music {WP}
14. Experimental music {WP}
15. Generative music {WP}
16. Human-computer interaction (HCI) {WP}
17. Live coding {WP}
18. Machine learning {WP}
19. Microtonality {WP}
20. Minimalism {WP}
21. Musique concrète {WP}
22. Neural network {WP}
23. Programming
• Language {WP}
• Object-oriented programming {WP}
• Pair programming {WP}
• Visual programming language {WP}
24. Psychoacoustics {WP}
25. Real-time computing {WP}
    
26. Sequencers {WP}
27. Spatial music {WP}
28. Spectral music {WP}
29. Spectromorphology {WP}
30. Sonification {WP}
31. Sound design {WP}
32. Stochastic process {WP}
33. Synthesis {WP}
• Additive synthesis {WP}
• Modulation {WP}
• Amplitude modulation (AM) {WP}
• Frequency modulation (FM) {WP}
• Subtractive synthesis {WP}
• Physical modeling {WP}
• Granular synthesis {WP}
34. Xenharmonic music {WP}

Dictionaries & Encyclopedia

1. Britannica Academic {BA}
2. Harvard Dictionary {HD}
3. Oxford Music Online {Grove/Oxford}
4. Oxford: A Dictionary of Computer Science {ODCS}

Updated: September 18, 2025