Frequency & Pitch: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:41, 15 July 2020

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

Objectives

Students will be familiar with waveform diagrams.
Student will be able to derive a harmonic series given a fundamental pitch.
Student will be able to define the difference between a sinusoidal and complex wave.
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

Class Activities

Discussion and definition of frequency, pitch, amplitude, dynamics and waveform diagrams.
Investigation of variables using waveform diagrams.
Demonstration of the combination of two sounds, and the visualization of the process as waveform diagrams.
Use of an oscilloscope and spectrogram to analyze and compare different sounds.

Assignments

Drawing waveform diagrams.

Assessments

Notes

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-== Objectives ==
+==Objectives==
-* Students will be familiar with waveform diagrams.
-* 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 a simple and complex soundwave.
-* Students will understand the concept of timbre and be able to describe different timbres.
-* Students will be familiar with different waveform types (sawtooth, square, etc.) and understand their relationship to timbre and pitch.
-* Students will understand the difference between absolute and relative pitch.
+*Students will be familiar with waveform diagrams.
+*Student will be able to derive a harmonic series given a fundamental pitch.
+*Student will be able to define the difference between a sinusoidal and complex wave.
+*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 ==
+==Resources==
+==== Readings ====
-== Class Activities ==
+* [http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=78&topid=123 Smack My Pitch Up: Pure Tones & Complex Sounds]
-* Discussion and definition of frequency, pitch, amplitude, dynamics and waveform diagrams
+* [http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/phase-and-harmonics/phase-and-harmonics-script.html Project Studio Handbook: Phase and Harmonics]
-* Investigation of variables using waveform diagrams
+* [http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com/videos/playlists/sound-wave-theory/complex-sounds/complex-sounds-script.html Project Studio Handbook: Complex Sounds]
-* Demonstration of the combination of two sounds, and the visualization of the process as waveform diagrams
+* [http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=88&topid=123 Smack My Pitch Up: Beats and Harmonics]
-* Use of an oscilloscope to analyze and compare different sounds
+==Class Activities==
-== Assignments ==
+*Discussion and definition of frequency, pitch, amplitude, dynamics and waveform diagrams.
-* Drawing waveform diagrams
+*Investigation of variables using waveform diagrams.
+*Demonstration of the combination of two sounds, and the visualization of the process as waveform diagrams.
+*Use of an oscilloscope and spectrogram to analyze and compare different sounds.
-== Assessments ==
+==Assignments==
+*Drawing waveform diagrams.
-== Notes ==
+==Assessments==
+==Notes==
+[[Category:Acoustics]]
+[[Category:Theory 1]]
+[[Category:Fundamentals of Sound & Music]]