PHYS 1320/ MPSY 5340 SPRING 2001, TUNKS & OLNESS

DAY LECTURE: NOTES: # TOPIC
THUR 22-Aug First Class 1 Introduction and course overview, What is Music? Videotape
TUE 27-Aug   2 Basic physical quantities - Ch. 1
THUR 29-Aug   3 Simple vibrating systems - Ch. 2
TUE 3-Sep   4 Vibrating systems (continued)
THUR 5-Sep   5 Waves and wave propagation - Ch. 3
TUE 10-Sep   6 Complex vibration and resonance - Ch. 4
THUR 12-Sep   7 Complex vibration (continued)
TUE 17-Sep   8 The Ear and hearing - Ch.5 to p. 91
THUR 19-Sep   9 Hearing and review
TUE 24-Sep   10 EXAM I
THUR 26-Sep   11 Go over Exam I; & Ch.5 continued
TUE 1-Oct   12 Intensity and Loudness - Ch. 5, p. 91 - 105
THUR 3-Oct   13 Frequency and Pitch - Ch. 7
TUE 8-Oct   14 Pitch (continued)
THUR 10-Oct   15 Timbre - Ch. 6
TUE 15-Oct Fall Break    
THUR 17-Oct   16 Intervals and tuning - Ch. 8 and handouts
TUE 22-Oct   17 Tuning (continued) and review for Exam II
THUR 24-Oct   18 EXAM II
TUE 29-Oct   19 go over Exam II and Room acoustics - Ch. 9
THUR 31-Oct   20 Room acoustics (continued)
TUE 5-Nov Drop Date 21 Strings - Ch. 10
THUR 7-Nov   22 Strings (continued) and Woodwinds - Ch. 11
TUE 12-Nov   23 Piano - Ch. 13
THUR 14-Nov   24 Piano (continued) and Voice - Ch. 11
TUE 19-Nov   25 Voice (continued) and organ
THUR 21-Nov   26 Brass - Ch. 12
TUE 26-Nov   27 Brass (continued) and percussion - Ch. 14
THUR 28-Nov Thanksgiving    
TUE 3-Dec Last Class 28 Brass (continued) and percussion - Ch. 14
WED 11-Dec FINAL EXAM   11:30-2:30pm
         
Adjustments may be made depending on student interests/needs and unplanned events        

Last Updated on 8/12/02
By Fred Olness