COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Defining parallels between music elements and design elements to create a system of visually representing music
Creator:
Bates, Nathania
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Graphic Design
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Graphic Design
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
This thesis discusses the intersection of music and design and seeks to discover a way of practically representing music behavior through visual means. Existing music visualization systems are discussed before the definition of a new system is explored. Within this new system, parallels are drawn between the basic building blocks of music - pitch, duration, dynamic, and timbre - and their visual design equivalents. Translating these musical building blocks into visual language and synthesizing them into a new system yields a consistent, objective and formal means of music analysis and appreciation through visual means.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-05
Format:
PDF : 60 p. : ill.