PHYS 1320/ MPSY 5340 SPRING 2000, TUNKS & OLNESS
Adjustments may be made depending on student interests/needs and unplanned events
| DAY | LECTURE: | NOTES: | # | TOPIC |
| TUE | 18-Jan | First Class | 1 | Introduction and course overview, What is Music? Videotape |
| THUR | 20-Jan | 2 | Basic physical quantities - Ch. 1 | |
| TUE | 25-Jan | 3 | Simple vibrating systems - Ch. 2 | |
| THUR | 27-Jan | 4 | Vibrating systems (continued) | |
| TUE | 1-Feb | 5 | Waves and wave propagation - Ch. 3 | |
| THUR | 3-Feb | 6 | Complex vibration and resonance - Ch. 4 | |
| TUE | 8-Feb | 7 | Complex vibration (continued) | |
| THUR | 10-Feb | 8 | The Ear and hearing - Ch.5 to p. 91, AP to p. 15, tapes 3&4 | |
| TUE | 15-Feb | 9 | Hearing and review | |
| THUR | 17-Feb | 10 | EXAM I | |
| TUE | 22-Feb | 11 | Go over Exam I | |
| THUR | 24-Feb | 12 | Intensity and Loudness - Ch. 5, p. 91 - 105, tape 2 | |
| TUE | 29-Feb | 13 | Loudness (continued) | |
| THUR | 2-Mar | 14 | Frequency and Pitch - Ch. 7, tape 1 | |
| TUE | 7-Mar | 15 | Pitch (continued) | |
| THUR | 9-Mar | 16 | Timbre - Ch. 6 | |
| TUE | 14-Mar | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | |
| THUR | 16-Mar | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | |
| TUE | 21-Mar | 17 | Timbre (continued) | |
| THUR | 23-Mar | 18 | Intervals and tuning - Ch. 8 and handouts, tape 6 | |
| TUE | 28-Mar | 19 | Tuning (continued) and review for Exam II | |
| THUR | 30-Mar | 20 | EXAM II | |
| TUE | 4-Apr | 21 | go over Exam II and Room acoustics - Ch. 9, tapes 5&7 | |
| THUR | 6-Apr | 22 | Room acoustics (continued) | |
| TUE | 11-Apr | 23 | Strings - Ch. 10 | |
| THUR | 13-Apr | 24 | Strings (continued) and Woodwinds - Ch. 11 | |
| TUE | 18-Apr | 25 | Piano - Ch. 13 | |
| THUR | 20-Apr | 26 | Piano (continued) and Voice - Ch. 11 | |
| TUE | 25-Apr | 27 | Voice (continued) and organ | |
| THUR | 27-Apr | 28 | Brass - Ch. 12 | |
| TUE | 2-May | Last Class | 29 | Brass (continued) and percussion - Ch. 14 |
| THUR | 11-May | FINAL EXAM |
Last Updated on 1/6/00
By Fredrick Olness
Email: olness@mail.smu.edu