Physics 1320: Music & Physics

Spring 2001


DAY LECTURE: NOTES: # TOPIC
TUE 16-Jan First Class 1 Introduction and course overview, What is Music? Videotape
THUR 18-Jan   2 Basic physical quantities - Ch. 1
TUE 23-Jan   3 Simple vibrating systems - Ch. 2
THUR 25-Jan   4 Vibrating systems (continued)
TUE 30-Jan   5 Waves and wave propagation - Ch. 3
THUR 1-Feb   6 Complex vibration and resonance - Ch. 4
TUE 6-Feb   7 Complex vibration (continued)
THUR 8-Feb   8 The Ear and hearing - Ch.5 to p. 91, AP to p. 15, tapes 3&4
TUE 13-Feb   9 Hearing and review
THUR 15-Feb   10 EXAM I 
TUE 20-Feb   11 Go over Exam I
THUR 22-Feb   12 Intensity and Loudness - Ch. 5, p. 91 - 105, tape 2
TUE 27-Feb   13 Loudness (continued)
THUR 1-Mar   14 Frequency and Pitch - Ch. 7, tape 1
TUE 6-Mar   15 Pitch (continued)
THUR 8-Mar   16 Timbre - Ch. 6
TUE 13-Mar SPRING BREAK   SPRING BREAK
THUR 15-Mar SPRING BREAK   SPRING BREAK
TUE 20-Mar   17 Timbre (continued)
THUR 22-Mar   18 Intervals and tuning - Ch. 8 and handouts, tape 6
TUE 27-Mar   19 Tuning (continued) and review for Exam II
THUR 29-Mar   20 EXAM II
TUE 3-Apr Drop Date 21 go over Exam II and Room acoustics - Ch. 9, tapes 5&7
THUR 5-Apr   22 Room acoustics (continued)
TUE 10-Apr   23 Strings - Ch. 10
THUR 12-Apr   24 Strings (continued) and Woodwinds - Ch. 11
TUE 17-Apr   25 Piano - Ch. 13 
THUR 19-Apr   26 Piano (continued) and Voice - Ch. 11
TUE 24-Apr   27 Voice (continued) and organ
THUR 26-Apr   28 Brass - Ch. 12
TUE 1-May Last Class 29 Brass (continued) and percussion - Ch. 14
SAT 5-May FINAL EXAM   11:30-2:30pm
         


Last Updated on 12/7/00
By Fredrick Olness
Email: olness@mail.smu.edu