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*Student will be able to categorize different instruments into families | *Student will be able to categorize different instruments into families | ||
*Student will be able to surmise an unknown or hypothetical instrument's family based on sound or playing mechanism | *Student will be able to surmise an unknown or hypothetical instrument's family based on sound or playing mechanism | ||
*Student will be familiar with how sound waves are propagated by different playing mechanisms | *Student will be familiar with how sound waves are propagated by different playing mechanisms and effector systems (including physiological ones) | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/bellplates.html Acoustics of Bell Plates] | **[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/bellplates.html Acoustics of Bell Plates] | ||
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/voice.html Voice Acoustics, An Introduction] | **[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/voice.html Voice Acoustics, An Introduction] | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpM0dGwm-tSN6JisvzmbXxB4xnfh-Nnwv Youtube Playlist: Visualizing Articulation and Playing] (videos of singing and playing with body cameras or MRI/Xray) | |||
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Revision as of 18:59, 15 November 2020
Objectives
- Student will be able to categorize different instruments into families
- Student will be able to surmise an unknown or hypothetical instrument's family based on sound or playing mechanism
- Student will be familiar with how sound waves are propagated by different playing mechanisms and effector systems (including physiological ones)
Resources
Readings
- Estrella, Live About:
- Elsea, UCSD Electronic Studios: "A Look at Un-electronic Instruments."
- Wolfe, Music Acoustics:
Tools
- Youtube Playlist: Visualizing Articulation and Playing (videos of singing and playing with body cameras or MRI/Xray)
Instructor References
- Wolfe, Music Acoustics:
- Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization: "Hornsbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments."
- Wikipedia: List of Musical Instruments by Hornsbostel-Sachs Number
Tools
- All the Musical Instruments of the World
- Philharmonia Instrument Guide
- Vienna Symphonic Library Instrumentology
Class Activities
- Listen to instrument recordings (common and non) and identify based on sound.
- Compare sound of instrument timbres based on materials.
- Discuss instrumental wave vibrations.
- Observe instrument harmonics (on spectrogram/oscilloscope) based on type, material, playing mechanism.
- Discussion of SH system: compare and contrast various instruments and discuss instruments with ambiguous/multiple categorizations (i.e. voice, loudspeakers).
Assignments
- Instrument classification worksheet
- Create-your-own instrument activity based on assigned material and SH system category