Earcleaning
Edwin van der Heide
As with all sensory processes, what we actually hear is highly dependent on what we have learned to hear. We only can distinguish sensory characteristics when we have learned to label them, but sometimes these labels can prevent us from hearing new
things. Then it's time for ear
cleaning.
Dates: October 13, 14, 16, 27,
28, 30 october
Credits: 3 EC
Objective: ear training aiming at
new approaches to hearing
Literature: Jacques Attali, Noise: The Political Economy of Music, University of Minnesota Press, 1985;
R. Murray Schaeffer, The Tuning of the World, Shambala, 2000;
Douglas Kahn, Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999
Competencies: A2, A3, A5, A6,
B1, B2, B3, B5, B6
Location: KC CAM30
Number of Classes: 6 classes of
8 hours each
Examination: small assignments,
attendance