Physics 118
Course Outline
Fall 2011
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Title |
Chapter |
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Preliminaries to a Study of Musical Acoutics |
1 |
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Impulsive Sounds, Alone and in Sequence |
2 |
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Simple Relations of Sounds and Motions |
3 |
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Characteristic Frequencies and the Decay of Composite Sounds |
4 |
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Pitch: The Simplest Musical Implication of Characteristic Oscillations |
5 |
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The Modes of Oscillation of Simple and Composite Systems |
6 |
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Exam 1 |
Sep 23– 2 PM |
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Introduction to Vibrational Recipes; The Plucked String |
7 |
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Broad Hammers and Plectra, Soft Hammers, and the Stiffness of Strings |
8 |
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The Vibrations of Drumheads and Soundboards |
9 |
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Exam 2 |
Oct 21 – 2 PM |
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Sinusoidally Driven Oscillations |
10 |
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Room Acoustics I: Excitation of the Modes and the Transmission of Impulses |
11 |
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Room Acoustics II: The Listener and the Room |
12 |
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Exam 3 |
Nov 18 – 2 PM |
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The Loudness of Single and Combined Sounds |
13 |
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The Acoustical Phenomena Governing the Musical Relationships of Pitch |
14 |
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Successive Tones: Reverberations, Melodic Relationships, and Musical Scales |
15 |
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Keyboard Temperaments and Tuning Properties of the Organ, Harpsichord, and Piano |
16 |
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Exam 4 |
Dec 15 – 2 PM |