Course Calendar for PHYS 39
The Physics of Music
READING references
to pages in the text:
Musical Acoustics, 3rd Ed.
by Donald E. Hall
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Mon 14-Jan-2008
Introduction, Sound basics Reading: 1.1-1.5
Tue 15-Jan-2008
No Lab
Wed 16-Jan-2008
Wave basics, SHO, Energy Reading: 2.1-2.5 Homework 1
Fri 18-Jan-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 21-Jan-2008 No Class MLK Day
Tue 22-Jan-2008
LAB: SHO and Waves
Wed 23-Jan-2008
Sources of Sound, Percussion, Strings, Woodwinds Reading: 3.1-3.6 Homework 2
Fri 25-Jan-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 28-Jan-2008
Wave Propagation: Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction Reading: 4.1-4.4 Homework 3
Tue 29-Jan-2008
Lab: Speed of Waves
Wed 30-Jan-2008
The Doppler effect, Interference and Beats Reading: 4.5
Fri 1-Feb-2008
Exam 1includes prob. from HW 4
Mon 4-Feb-2008
Amplitude, Energy, and Intensity, Noise Reading: 5.1-5.5
Tue 5-Feb-2008
Lab: Interference
Wed 6-Feb-2008
Noise. dB calculations
Fri 8-Feb-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 11-Feb-2008
Human Hearing: The Ear, Loudness and Pitch Reading: 6.1-6.7 Homework 5
Tue 12-Feb-2008
No Lab (need hearing/dB lab)
Wed 13-Feb-2008
Loudness: sones and phons Reading: 6.5-6.7
Fri 15-Feb-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 18-Feb-2008 No Class President's Day
Tue 19-Feb-2008
Lab: The FFT
Wed 20-Feb-2008
Fourier Synthesis Reading: 8.1-8.3 Homework 6
Fri 22-Feb-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 3-Mar-2008
Normal modes, Bar Oscillations Reading: 9.1-5
Tue 4-Mar-2008
Lab: L dependence of f_1 of bar
Wed 5-Mar-2008
2-d Normal Modes Reading: 9.5-7
Fri 7-Mar-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 10-Mar-2008 No Class Spring Break
Tue 11-Mar-2008 No Class Spring Break
Wed 12-Mar-2008 No Class Spring Break
Fri 14-Mar-2008 No Class Spring Break
Mon 17-Mar-2008
Plucked string: Guitar; Struck strings: Piano Reading: 10.1-4
Tue 18-Mar-2008
Lab: String Normal Modes
Wed 19-Mar-2008
More strings: Violin, Resonance/Radiation Reading: 11.1-4 Homework 9
Fri 21-Mar-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 24-Mar-2008 No Class Travel Day
Tue 25-Mar-2008
Lab
Wed 26-Mar-2008
More Strings Reading: 11 Homework 10
Fri 28-Mar-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 31-Mar-2008
Air columns/Pipes, Pipe Organs Reading: 12.1-4
Tue 1-Apr-2008
Lab: Resonance in a tube
Wed 2-Apr-2008
Edge tones Reading: 12.2
Fri 4-Apr-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 7-Apr-2008
Fingerholes/Flutes/Reed Instruments Reading: 12.5-6; 13.1-2
Tue 8-Apr-2008
Lab: Bar Modes
Wed 9-Apr-2008 No Class Leon Fleisher Piano Masterclass
Fri 11-Apr-2008 No Class Friday
Mon 14-Apr-2008
The Brass Family Reading: 13.3-5 Homework 12
Tue 15-Apr-2008
Lab
Wed 16-Apr-2008
Finish Brass/Review
Fri 18-Apr-2008
Exam 3includes prob. from HW 13
Mon 21-Apr-2008
The Human Voice Reading: 14.1-2
Tue 22-Apr-2008
Lab: Formants
Wed 23-Apr-2008
Formants/Singing Reading: 14.3-4
Fri 25-Apr-2008 No Class Friday