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====Readings====
====Readings====


*[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/lesson-2.html Music Tech Musician: Lesson 2  on Physics of Sound]
*"[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/lesson-2.html Lesson 2  on Physics of Sound"] (''Music Tech Musician).''
*[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-01/teces_01.html UCSC Electronic Music Studios: Sound]
*P. Elsea. [http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-01/teces_01.html "Sound."] (''UCSC Electronic Music Studios'', 1995).
*[https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/hs_sound_index.htm NDT Resource Center: Sound]
*[https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/hs_sound_index.htm "Sound"] (''NDT Resource Center'').
*[https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/sound-pitch-loudness-timbre.htm "Pitch Loudness and Timbre."] (''Physclips, UNSW'').


===='''Listening or Videos'''====
===='''Listening or Videos'''====


*[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/waveform-diagrams/waveform-diagrams-video.html Project Studio Handbook: Waveform Diagrams]
*[https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/waves-sound/sound/index.html "Sound."] (''Physclips, UNSW'').
*[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/amplitude-and-frequency-examples/amplitude-and-frequency-examples-video.html Project Studio Handbook: Waveform Diagram Frequency and Amplitude]
*[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/waveform-diagrams/waveform-diagrams-video.html "Waveform Diagrams."] (''Project Studio Handbook'').
*[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/amplitude-and-frequency-examples/amplitude-and-frequency-examples-video.html "Waveform Diagram Frequency and Amplitude."] (''Project Studio Handbook'').


*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpM0dGwm-tSOGM6AB3IMyAFsfqbpRlLlE Sample Youtube playlist for listening to various musical components/parameters]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpM0dGwm-tSOGM6AB3IMyAFsfqbpRlLlE Sample Youtube playlist for listening to various musical components/parameters]

Revision as of 23:14, 16 July 2020

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

Objectives

  • Student will understand the basic nature of sound as vibration and how it propagates through a medium.
  • Student will understand the concepts of frequency/amplitude and how they relate to pitch, loudness, and the media through which sounds travel.
  • Student will be able to describe sound based on a visual representation on a spectrogram, time-frequency graph, or oscilloscope trace.
  • Student will identify the basic components of musical sound: pitch (melody vs. harmony), texture, rhythm/meter (duration), timbre.

Resources

Readings

Listening or Videos

Tools

Class Activities

  • Discussion and definition of the physical properties of sound and how it is created
  • Play sine waves at different frequencies: discuss frequency, pitch, period, amplitude (show on spectrograms/oscilloscopes)
  • Play different sounds/instruments on spectrogram, oscilloscope, and time/frequency graph: compare and contrast
  • Discussion of vibration, frequency, and tension using strings demonstration

Assignments

Files:

  • Acoustics and Hearing Worksheet

Notes