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== Objectives ==
==Objectives==
* Students will understand how amplitude relates to the aural concept of volume.
* Students will be familiar with sound envelopes and their components.


*Student will be able to notate and interpret/define various articulation symbols.
*Students will be familiar with ADSR sound envelopes and their components.
*Student will be able to relate different aspects of the attack envelope with perceived articulation and/or dynamic.
*Student will understand the relationship between pitch, loudness, and timbre.
*Student will be able to derive the harmonics for specific wave shapes given a fundamental frequency (triangle, sawtooth, square).


== Resources ==
==Resources==


====Readings====


== Class Activities ==
*''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:'' [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/dynamics-and-articulations.pdf Dynamics and Articulations]
* Discussion and definition of amplitude and dynamics
*''Smack my Pitch Up:''
* Investigation of variables using waveform diagrams
**[http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=79&topid=123 Wave Shapes]
**[http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=80&topid=123 Envelope]
*''Music Technology Musician:''
**[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/envelopes.html Envelopes]
**[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/timbre.html Timbre]


====Tools====


== Assignments ==
*[https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Academy/Instrumentology Vienna Symphonic Library Instrumentology] (Individual instrument examples for illustrations of articulations)
*[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Oscillators/ Chrome Music Lab Oscillators]
*[http://mohayonao.github.io/adsr-envelope/ ADSR Envelope Simulation]
*[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Spectrogram/ Chrome Music Lab: Spectrogram]
*[https://academo.org/demos/virtual-oscilloscope/ Academo Virtual Oscilloscope]
*(Software) [https://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity]
*[https://teropa.info/harmonics-explorer/ Teropa Harmonics Explorer]


==Class Activities==


== Assessments ==
*Discussion and definition of ADSR envelope with demo.
*Illustration of articulation with different instruments, comparison of oscilloscope/spectrogram with ADSR envelope graph.
*Alteration of harmonics for various wave shapes (demo).
*Visualization of timbre changes on spectrogram/oscilloscope.


==Assignments==
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==Notes==
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== Notes ==
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Sound & Music module.

Objectives

  • Student will be able to notate and interpret/define various articulation symbols.
  • Students will be familiar with ADSR sound envelopes and their components.
  • Student will be able to relate different aspects of the attack envelope with perceived articulation and/or dynamic.
  • Student will understand the relationship between pitch, loudness, and timbre.
  • Student will be able to derive the harmonics for specific wave shapes given a fundamental frequency (triangle, sawtooth, square).

Resources

Readings

Tools

Class Activities

  • Discussion and definition of ADSR envelope with demo.
  • Illustration of articulation with different instruments, comparison of oscilloscope/spectrogram with ADSR envelope graph.
  • Alteration of harmonics for various wave shapes (demo).
  • Visualization of timbre changes on spectrogram/oscilloscope.

Assignments


Notes

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