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*[http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=88&topid=123 Smack My Pitch Up: Beats and Harmonics] | *[http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=88&topid=123 Smack My Pitch Up: Beats and Harmonics] | ||
==== Listening & Videos ==== | ====Listening & Videos==== | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTF1-IhuC0 Anna-Maria Hefele: Overtone Singing Demonstration] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTF1-IhuC0 Anna-Maria Hefele: Overtone Singing Demonstration] | ||
==== Tools ==== | ====Tools==== | ||
* [https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Spectrogram/ Chrome Music Lab: Spectrogram] | *[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Spectrogram/ Chrome Music Lab: Spectrogram] | ||
* [https://academo.org/demos/virtual-oscilloscope/ Academo Virtual Oscilloscope] | *[https://academo.org/demos/virtual-oscilloscope/ Academo Virtual Oscilloscope] | ||
* [https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ Szynalski Online Tone Generator] | *[https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ Szynalski Online Tone Generator] | ||
* (Software) [https://www.audacityteam.org Audacity] | *(Software) [https://www.audacityteam.org Audacity] | ||
* [https://teropa.info/harmonics-explorer/ Teropa Harmonics Explorer] | *[https://teropa.info/harmonics-explorer/ Teropa Harmonics Explorer] | ||
==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
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*Drawing/analyzing waveform diagrams. | *Drawing/analyzing waveform diagrams. | ||
*Harmonics worksheet | *Harmonics worksheet | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 16 July 2020
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Sound & Music module. |
Objectives
- Student will be able to define the difference between a sinusoidal and complex wave.
- Student will be able to derive a harmonic series given a fundamental pitch.
- Student will be able to identify whether a sound is harmonic or not on a spectrogram, frequency graph, and oscilloscope.
- Students will understand how frequency relates to the aural concept of pitch.
- Students will understand how frequencies of multiple waveforms interact.
- Students will understand the difference between absolute and relative pitch.
Resources
Readings
- Smack My Pitch Up: Pure Tones & Complex Sounds
- Project Studio Handbook: Phase and Harmonics
- Project Studio Handbook: Complex Sounds
- Smack My Pitch Up: Beats and Harmonics
Listening & Videos
Tools
- Chrome Music Lab: Spectrogram
- Academo Virtual Oscilloscope
- Szynalski Online Tone Generator
- (Software) Audacity
- Teropa Harmonics Explorer
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of frequency, pitch, amplitude, and waveform diagrams.
- Investigation of variables using waveform diagrams.
- Demonstration of the combination of two sounds (inducing beats), and the visualization of the process as waveform diagrams.
- Demonstration of harmonic combinations and decomposition.
- Use of an oscilloscope and spectrogram to analyze and compare different sounds.
- Demonstration of harmonic series using brass instruments.
Assignments
- Drawing/analyzing waveform diagrams.
- Harmonics worksheet