Special acoustics lecture by Russ Berger
John Backus (Author) "The Acoustical Foundations of Music" Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition (December 1977)
Special dates:
Monday,
6 November 2006
7:00-8:30pm
Professor George Baker
Perkins
Chapel:
Organ Demonstration/Performance:
(Counts
for 2 quizzes)
To Be
Announced:
(class time: 2:00-3:20 pm)
O'Donnel
Hall
2nd Floor Meadows Arts Building
Professor
Scott Douglas
From
Pythagoras to Walt Disney:
Demonstration/Performance
Thursday,
9 November 2006
(in class: 2:00-3:20 pm)
Russ
Berger
President, Berger
Design Group:
Special lecture presentation
Link to Grade sheets: Lecture (including total) and Lab
Link to the PreLab and Lab Assignments (in PDF format)
Make-up assignment if you missed Organ Demonstration
Prof. Tunks'
presentation of the Ear in PowerPoint (1.3M)
and PDF (1.2M)
Prof. Tunks' notes on scales
and temperament (6 pages scanned:
9.4M PDF File)
Term sheets PDF or Word formats
(from different book, but still useful)
INSTRUCTORS:
Fredrick I. Olness (office 201 Fondren Science, phone 768-2500)
Thomas W. Tunks (office 209 Perkins Admin. Building, phone 768-3726)
MEETINGS:
LECTURE: Tuesday & Thursday, 2:00 - 3:20, Fondren Science Rm. 123 old system (158 new)
LAB: Monday (1-3pm), (3-5pm) or (5-7pm), Fondren Science Rm. 25 old system (60 new)
BEWARE: On occasion, lecture and lab may be held in different rooms.
TEXT:
Hall, Musical Acoustics, Publisher: Brooks Cole; 3 edition (August 22, 2001). ISBN: 0534377289
REFERENCES:
Selected books will be placed on reserve.
GRADES:
Components are:
|
PHYS 1320 |
MPSY 5340 |
PHYS 3320 |
|
exams (50% each) daily quizzes (20%) Laboratory (30%) |
exams (50% each) daily quizzes (20%) paper & presentation (20%) Laboratory (10%) |
exams (40% each) daily quizzes (20%) Homework (40%) |
PAPER & PRESENTATION (MPSY 5340 Only): Each student will be responsible for writing a paper 10 to 15 pages in length. You may, if you choose, submit your project in the form of a web page(s). The topic should be either the acoustics (psychoacoustics) of your own instrument or another acoustics topic of your choice. Presentations of this type are usually enhanced by a demonstration.
COURSE CONTENT: We will cover both the acoustics (physical sound properties) and the psychoacoustics (psychological, perceptual properties) of music. Topics will include sound in general, sound of musical instruments (including voice), sound characteristics of rooms, electronic production (synthesis) and reproduction of sound.
DEMONSTRATIONS: Demonstrations will be done in class sessions throughout the semester. You are encouraged to make suggestions about interesting ways to demonstrate the phenomena we are studying. Each class discussion will FOLLOW the reading of appropriate material, meaning that you will be expected to have completed the reading PRIOR to the class session for which it is listed. The same for tape listening assignments.
ASSIGNMENTS: Various problem sheets will be distributed for you to complete. Your completion of the problems is optional, and will be for your own benefit. As such, the problem sheets will not be graded. Other assignments, such as completing lab tasks and doing outside investigations will be considered under "participation".
Anatomy of a Pipe Organ: An Introductory Module: James Emery, Term Paper Fall 2005. PDF Format (9.2Mb) or Word (18Mb)
The Acoustical Foundations of Music, by John Backus. ISBN: 0393090965.
Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics by Perry R. Cook. ISBN: 0262032562.
Musical Acoustics, by Thomas D. Rossing. ISBN: 091785330X.
The Psychology of Music, by Diana Deutsch. ISBN: 0122135652.
The Physics of Musical Instruments, by Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas D. Rossing. ISBN: 0387983740.
The Science of Sound, by Thomas D. Rossing. ISBN: 0201157276.
Science and Music, by Sir James Hopwood Jeans. ISBN: 0486619648.
Horns, Strings, and Harmony, by Arthur H. Benade. ISBN: 0486273318.
Music, Physics and Engineering, by Harry Ferdinand Olson. ISBN: 0486217698.
Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, by Arthur H. Benade. ISBN: 048626484X.
Java Standing Wave Applet courtesy of Robert Hart x
Resonance of square plate A great illustration of resonances of a square plate, and also a Ripple Tank. (Shown to me by Spencer Mabrito)
Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard Astronomers have detected the deepest note ever generated in the cosmos, a B-flat flying through space like a ripple on an invisible pond. No human will actually hear the note, because it is 57 octaves below the keys in the middle of a piano.
other miscellaneous web sites
Periodic Table of the Elements from Los Alamos. Useful for figuring the AMU prelab.
Brain Music (shown to us by Brian Hogg)
'Mach c'? Scientists observe sound traveling faster than the speed of light. Applied Physics Letters 90, 014102 (2007).
"Every so often, just the right combination of conditions and events occur to create an unbelievable event-in this case an F-18 passing through the sound barrier. Not only were the water vapor, density and temperature just right, but there just happened to be a camera in the vicinity to capture the moment. The F-18 is actually in transonic flight, with normal shock waves emanating from behind the canopy and across the wings and fuselage. The condition will last for only an instant, and once supersonic flow exists completely around the aircraft, sharp-angled sonic cones replace the normal shock waves. The odds of getting a shot like this are staggering."
Perkins Chapel (DMN Reviw of George
Baker)
CD's Recorded at Perkins Chapel:
MARCEL DUPRE: Organ Works, Vol. 13
* Performer(s): Dupre, Baker, Aeolian-Skinner, Schudi
* Label: Naxos - 8.554542
* Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
* ASIN: B0000BX5KC
Pierre PINCEMAILLE - Improvisations
Solstice Music: SOCD203