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The UPIC system as an instrument of learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1997

PETER NELSON
PETER NELSON
Affiliation:
Faculty of Music, The University of Edinburgh, 12 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DF, UK. E-mail: P.Nelson@music.ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

The conceptual basis of the UPIC system is described and discussed, in particular its relation to the work of its orginator, Iannis Xenakis, to the science of acoustics and to the development of an intuitive graphic imagery. A possible pedagogical approac h to musical creation using the resources of the UPIC is developed, and the particular pedagogical ethos of the system is emphasised. There follows a detailed description of the practical arrangements for a number of different workshop situations using the UPIC system in which the author has participated, and an evaluation of the outcomes of using the system in this way.

Type
Research Article
Information
Organised Sound , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , April 1997 , pp. 35 - 42
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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