Music and Physics

Fred Olness
February 20, 1996

INTRODUCTION

Laser 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