Music and Physics
Fred Olness February 20, 1996Laser Music
SOUND WAVES:
Air Wave Model: Slinky: Longitudinal Waves
Water Wave Model: Spring: Transverse Waves
Singing Rod: Which is it?
HELIUM BALLOONS
Sound affect by medium
GUITAR: SOUND TO MUSIC
Vibrating String: and spring model
SINGING TUBE:
Singing Tube Arpeggio
Vacuum Effect
Bernoulli Effect w/ paper
TRUMPET:
Harmonic Tone Series
Model Discrete Frequencies
Scales and Harmonic Series:
High & Low notes
Piccolo & E-flat comparison
TIMBRE* OF INSTRUMENTS:
*Pronounced like timber, but means different
Harmonic Fingerprint
Trumpet vs. Clarinet
Computer Timbres
INTERFERENCE
Octave, 5th, 4th, 2nd, ...
Tuning Forks
Visual Analog: Same or Different?
Beats, & Computer Beats
Doppler Effect; how to measure diff.
NAME THAT TUNE:
Bugle Calls
Wm Tell Overture. Composer? (Not Tonto)
Star Spangled Banner
In The Mood
Woody Woodpecker or Malcom Arnold Quintet
Handel Fireworks or Mozart Concerto
FINALE: Star Wars Tape
EQUIPMENT:
Laser Setup
Slinky
Spring or Rope
Tuning Forks
Singing Tube
Singing Rod & Rosin
He Balloons
Cut Paper Holes
Visual Int. Handout
Visual Int. Overheads
Mac Disk:
Sound Demo
MathReader
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Tape Recorder
Star Wars Tape