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UIUC Physics 199POM Course Info - Fall Semester, 2006

UIUC Physics 199POM Course Goals/Course Outline

• Lecture 1 - Physics of Music Introduction/Overview

• Lecture 2 - Ch 1 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Fundamental Physical Quantities

• Lecture 2 - Ch 2 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Simple Vibrating Systems

• Lecture 3 - Ch 3 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Waves and Wave Propagation

• Wave Attributes

• Lecture 4 - Ch 4 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Complex Vibrations

• Handout: Pre-Historic Music and Art in Palaeolithic Caves

• Lecture 4 - Ch 4 (Part 2) - Acoustic Foundations of Music - Complex Vibrations

• Physics of a Longitudinally Vibrating "Singing" Rod

• Vibration Modes of a C4 Handbell: Holographic Interferometry and Finite Element Analysis
{by Matthew J. Fisher, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana}

• Lecture 5 - Ch 5 Acoustic Foundations of Music - The Human Ear and Sound Perception

• Lecture 6 - Ch 6 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Tone Quality

• Lecture 7 - Ch 7 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Frequency and Pitch

• Lecture 8 - Ch 8 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Musical Intervals, Scales, Tuning and Temperament

• Examples of Consonance I: Frequency Ratios 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 - Harmonics with Fundamental

• Examples of Consonance II: Frequency Ratios 1:1 (Unison), 9:8 (2nd), 8:7 (???), 7:6 (???), 6:5 (Min. 3rd), 5:4 (Maj. 3rd), 4:3 (Fourth), 3:2 (Fifth), 5:3 (Sixth), 15:8 (Seventh), 2:1 (Octave), and 3:1, 4:1, 5:1 - 3rd/4th/5th Harmonics with Fundamental

• Tables of Consonance and Dissonance of Harmonics - Just Diatonic Scale

• Consonance and Dissonance of Harmonic Amplitudes - Just Diatonic Scale

• "On the Concord of Sweet Sounds" by Ted Argo IV (UIUC NSF Summer REU Student, 2002)

• Lecture 9 - Ch 9 Acoustic Foundations of Music - Auditorium and Room Acoustics