PHYS 1320/ MPSY 5340/PHYS 3320: 

Fall 2005, TUNKS & OLNESS

Fall 2005




DAY LECTURE: NOTES: # Chpt TOPIC
THUR Aug 18 First Class 1 0 Introduction and course overview, What is Music?
TUE Aug 23
2 1 The Nature of Sound: Basic Units
THUR Aug 25
3 2 Waves & Vibrations:
TUE Aug 30
4 2 Simple Harmonic Oscillations
THUR Sep 01
5 3 Sources of Sound
TUE Sep 06
6 4 Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Interference
THUR Sep 08
7 4 Doppler Effect; Beats
TUE Sep 13
8 5 Amplitude, Energy, Intensity; Decibel Scale
THUR Sep 15
9 5 Inverse Sq. Law;
TUE Sep 20
10 5 Combined Levels & Interference
THUR Sep 22 EXAM 1 11
Chpts. 1-5
TUE Sep 27
12 6 Go over Exam I; & Ch.6 intro
THUR Sep 29
13 6 The Human Ear
TUE Oct 04
14 6 Pitch, Frequency, Loudness
THUR Oct 06
15 7 Scales; Harmonic Series
TUE Oct 11 Fall Break


THUR Oct 13
16 8 Periodic Waves & Fourier Spectra
TUE Oct 18
17 9 Coupled Pendulums
THUR Oct 20 EXAM 2 18
Chpts. 6-8
TUE Oct 25
19 9 go over Exam II; Drums, Cymbals, and Bells
THUR Oct 27
20 15 Room Acoustics
TUE Nov 01 Drop Date 21 10 Strings: The Piano
THUR Nov 03
22 11 Violins
TUE Nov 08
23 11 Violins(continued)
THUR Nov 10
24 12 Blown Pipes & Flutes
TUE Nov 15
25 12 Blown Pipes & Flutes (continues)
THUR Nov 17
26 13 Organ Pipes; The Brass Family
TUE Nov 22
27 13 Organ Pipes; The Brass Family: (continued)
THUR Nov 24 Thanksgiving


TUE Nov 29 Last Class 28 14 The Human Voice; Formants
TUE Dec 06 FINAL EXAM

3:00-6:00pm






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