The LASSO computer-based tutorial in sixteenth century counterpoint is a learning environment which simulates the role of the teacher in a one-to-one situation. It has been used experimentally at the Florida State University School of Music as an aid in teaching sixteenth century counterpoint. / The PLATO interactive graphics computer system was chosen as the best available to support the software. / LASSO "understands" 104 rules of counterpoint gleaned from a number of texts. Some of the rules are modified as the student progresses through the seven graded categories of exercises. The help sequences and the computer-generated "remarks" about student exercises were designed to make it obvious to students whether and how their exercises are at variance with sixteenth century style. / Part of the value of transforming into a computer program the skills and knowledge involved in teaching sixteenth century counterpoint stems from the fact that the computer imposes a discipline on the software designer which is not necessarily imposed on a textbook author: the program by which the computer evaluates student exercises for conformity with the style must be able to respond correctly regardless of student input. / In order to generate information which was not available from secondary sources, thirty sixteenth century compositions were analyzed by the computer. These compositions were assumed to be exemplary. / Part I of the dissertation describes the operation of the LASSO software; Part II is divided into 104 chapters, each of which describes a rule of counterpoint which LASSO "understands." The appendixes consist of detailed computer output (LASSO's "remarks") about the thirty sixteenth century compositions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3201. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75217 |
| Contributors | NEWCOMB, STEVEN R., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 1382 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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