| Session | Date | Lecture | Reading & Exercises | Lab | ||
| 1 | M | Jan | 13 | Introduction- 80/20 Thinking: notes | Reading
required
Exercises optional |
Closed |
| ·· | ·· | Unit 1 | Introduction to the Physics of Sound | ·· | ·· | |
| 2 | W | 15 | Fundamentals
of Sound: notes
Template |
1-14
Exercises
p 15, #1-12
17-27 Exercises p 35 #1-10 |
Closed | |
| 3 | F | 17 | Sound Waves: notes Q&A | Closed | ||
| M | 20 | Holiday: MLK Day (no classes) | Closed | |||
| 4 | W | 22 | Thinking as a Physicist: notes | 451-461 | Lab #1 | |
| 5 | F | 24 | Simple Harmonic Oscillators: notes | 27-34 Exercises p 36 #11-24 | Lab #1 | |
| 6 | M | 27 | Helmholtz
Resonators
& Vibration Modes: notes |
148-160 Exercises p 176 #1-5 | Lab #2 | |
| 7 | W | 29 | "Good Vibrations": notes | 128-137 Exercises p 147 #1-8 | Lab #2 | |
| 8 | F | 31 | Harmonic Series: notes | 42-52,122-125 Exercises p 125 #1-20, | Lab #2 | |
| 9 | M | Feb | 3 | Resonance and Transients: notes | 31-34,170-172, 213-225 Exercises p 177 #11-13, | Lab #3 |
| 10 | W | 5 | Unit #1 Review: notes | Lab #3 | ||
| 11 | F | 7 | Examination #1: notes | Lab #3 | ||
| ·· | ·· | Unit 2 | Musical Perception and Stringed Instruments | ·· | ||
| 12 | M | 10 | The Human Ear: notes | 89-110 Exercises p 110 #1-20 | Lab #4 | |
| 13 | W | 12 | Loudness and Decibels: notes | 72-85 Exercises p 86 #1-18 | Lab #4 | |
| 14 | F | 14 | Human Perception of Sound: notes | 332-336,371-394 | Lab #4 | |
| 15 | M | 17 | Human Perception of Pitch: notes | Lab #5 | ||
| 16 | W | 19 | A Few Wave Properties: notes | Lab #5 | ||
| 17 | F | 21 | A Few More Wave Properties: notes | Lab #5 | ||
| 18 | M | 23 | Room Acoustics: notes | Room Acoustics: notes317-324 | Make
up
(1-5) |
|
| 19 | W | 26 | Reverberations: notes (SNOW & ICE) | 324-344 | Make
up
(1-5) |
|
| 20 | F | 28 | Musical Scales and Pythagoras: notes | 113-124,407-429 | Make
up
(1-5) |
|
| 21 | M | Mar | 3 | Strings: notes | 42-44,180-200 | Lab #6 |
| 22 | W | 5 | Harpsicord and Piano-Forte: notes | Lab #6 | ||
| 23 | F | 7 | Bowed Stringed Instruments: notes | 203-226 | Lab #6 | |
| 24 | M | 10 | Unit #2 Review: notes | Lab #7 | ||
| 25 | W | 12 | Examination #2: notes | Lab #7 | ||
| ·· | ·· | Unit 3 | Wind and percussion Instruments and the Human Voice | ·· | ·· | |
| 26 | F | 14 | Sound in Pipes: notes | 44-52, 230-257 | Lab #7 | |
| ·· | ·· | ·· | ·· | Spring Break March 17-21 | ·· | ·· |
| 27 | M | 24 | The Flute: notes | Lab #8 | ||
| 28 | W | 26 | The Clarinet and Closed Pipes: notes | 260-269 | Lab #8 | |
| 29 | F | 28 | Brass Instruments: notes | 269-288 | Lab #8 | |
| 30 | M | 31 | Brass II | Lab #9 | ||
| 31 | W | Apr | 2 | The Human Voice-Fundamentals: notes | 293-314 | Lab #9 |
| 32 | F | 4 | The Singing Voice: notes | Lab #9 | ||
| 33 | M | 7 | Percussion:notes | 39-42, 160-176 | Lab#10 | |
| 34 | W | 9 | Percussion Instruments with Pitch: notes | Lab#10 | ||
| 35 | F | 11 | Review Unit #3 | Lab#10 | ||
| 36 | M | 14 | Examination #3: notes | Make
up
(6-10) |
||
| ·· | ·· | Unit 4 | Music Recording, Reproduction and Synthesis | |||
| 37 | W | 16 | Synthesizers:notes | 141-1456 | Make up (6-10) | |
| 38 | F | 18 | Analog Recording and Playback: notes | Make
up
(6-10) |
||
| 39 | M | 21 | Sound Reinforcement/Live Sound: notes | 348-376 | Closed | |
| 40 | W | 23 | Digital recording: notes | Handout--Sci Am | Closed | |
| 41 | F | 25 | MIDI:notes | Handout--WWW | Closed | |
| 42 | M | 28 | Computer Music: notes | Closed | ||
| 43 | W | 30 | Summation | Closed | ||
| 44 | F | 6 | Course Review: notes | Practice Final w/ answers | Closed | |
| Final Exam | W | May
10:30- 12:30 |
7 | Final
Exam
10:30 - 12:30 Room 102 |
GRADES by CODE | Closed |