| Review session for the last test will be at 8:00 pm, Monday February 15. Bring your left-over Valentine choclate. "Final Exam" (really just another test, and you get an extra 45 minutes since the length of the exam won't change! ). Topics will be: -Percussion (particularly frequency content and pitch) -Refraction, Reflection, Diffraction, Doppler Effect -Relationships between velocity, wavelength, and frequency -Reading Spectrograms in General -Voice (particularly added content from Dr. J) -Reading and Segmenting Speech Spectrograms (simple) -Using both the Spectrogram and Waveform (time trace) to analyze an Instrument/Voice -Room Acoustics (Concert Halls) -Reverb Calculations -Simple math with logs like (+12 dB is the same thing as x4) Hodge-podge of old stuff: -Resonance: Tubes, Strings -Simple Analytical Methods (like how does the freq change when I double the mass on a spring?) -Source/Filter/Radiation Theory -Musical Scales |
| All
homework is
due before class begins. Note the following abreviations are given by,
Ch: chapter, R: review question, E: exercise, Q: questions for thought.
All
problems will be from Rossing unless otherwise noted. |
| Due on | Book Problems | Web Assignment |
| Nov. 18 | none |
Simple harmonic motion and sound propagation, See moodle site. |
| Nov. 20 | #6 on In-class Activity |
none |
| Nov. 23 | Chpt 2: R1, R3, E1; Chpt 3. R7, E10 | Course Survey |
| Nov. 25 | none | Sine Waves and Graphical Representation |
| Nov. 30 | none | Resonance |
| Dec. 4 | Chpt 2: R11, Chpt 3: R3, E6, Chpt 4: R6, E3, E4 | none |
| Dec. 7 | none | Fourier Analysis |
| Dec. 9 | Chpt 2: R14, Chpt 4: R2, R3, E6 | none |
| Dec. 16 | none | Plucked String and Timbre |
| Dec. 18 | Chpt 7: R6, R7, R10, Q5, E2 | none |
| Jan. 11 | none | Wall Material Controversy |
| Jan. 18 | Chpt 11: R3, R4, E2, E4 Chpt 12: R1, E1, E6, Chpt 15: R4, E1, E5 |
none |
| Jan. 20 | none | Voicing |
| Jan. 25 | none | Pitched Drums |
| Jan. 27 | Chpt 11: R5, R6, R8, Q5, E1 Chpt 12: E5 Chpt 15: R1, R8 Chpt 17: R6, R7, R8, E4 |
none |
| Feb. 5 | none | Segmenting Speech Spectrograms |
| Feb. 8 | Turn in one segmented speech spectrogram | none |
| Feb. 10 | none | none |
| Feb. 12 | Chpt 3: R11, R12, R13, Q2 Chpt 23: R1, R2, R6, R9, E1, E2 (filled wooden seats are not in Table 23.2, but you can make a good guess from the other information in the table) |
none |
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November 27, No Class December 11, Exam 1 January 29, Exam 2 February 16, Exam 3 (Final) 3:00 pm |
| Week | Date | Topic | Chapters | Assignment Due |
| 1 | Nov. 16 | Concept Inventory, Intro to Qwizdom, Nature of Sound | 2,3 |
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| Nov. 18 | Simple Harmonic Oscillators (SHO) In-class Activity |
2,3 | Simple harmonic motion and sound propagation, See moodle site. | |
| Nov. 20 | SHO cont. and Sound Propagation | 2,3 | #6 from in-class activity | |
| 2 | Nov. 23 | Waves, Problem Solving, Graphical Representation In-Class Activity |
2,3 | Chpt 2: R1, R3, E1; Chpt 3. R7, E10 |
| Nov. 25 | Graphical Techniques and Problem Solving Cont. | 2,3 | Sine Waves and Graphical Representation. See Moodle Site. | |
| Nov. 27 | No Class, Thanksgiving Break | none | none | |
| 3 | Nov. 30 | Graphical Techniques Cont. and Resonance | 2,3,4 | Resonance, See Moodle Site. |
| Dec. 2 | Resonance In-Class Activity drawing modes inside tubes and strings. |
none | Take a break | |
| Dec. 4 | Resonance | 2,3,4 | Chpt 2: R11, Chpt 3: R3, E6, Chpt 4: R6, E3, E4 | |
| 4 | Dec. 7 | Resonance and Fourier Analysis beats Synthesized Instruments from Pure Tones: organ chimes piano Studying Envelope to Find Neil Armstrong's Missing "a" Neil Armstrong |
2,3,4,7 | Fourier Analysis, See Moodle |
| Dec. 9 | Fourier Analysis and Test Review | 2,3,4,7 | Chpt 2: R14, Chpt 4: R2, R3, E6 | |
| Dec. 11 | Exam 1 | 2,3,4,7 | none | |
| 5 | Dec. 14 | Nova Movie: "What is Music?" | 7, 10, 13 | none |
| Dec. 16 | Timbre and Pitch Recording Spectra from Instruments Live in Class |
7 | Plucked Strings and Timbre, see moodle | |
| Dec. 18 | Exam Breakdown; Begin Wall Material Controversey | 11 | Chpt 7: R6, R7, R10, Q5, E2 | |
| Winter Break | ||||
| 6 | Jan. 11 | Wind Instruments Begin Wall Material Discussion |
11,12,15 | Wall Material Controversy, See Moodle |
| Jan. 13 | Guest Speaker Dr. James Lambrecht (Doc) | 11 | Take a Break | |
| Jan. 15 | Finish Wall Material Discussion | 11,12,15 | Take a Break | |
| 7 | Jan. 18 | Wind Instruments Cont. | 11,12,15 | Chpt 11: R3, R4, E2, E4 Chpt 12: R1, E1, E6, Chpt 15: R4, E1, E5 |
| Jan. 20 | Snow Day | 11,12,15,17 | Voicing, See Moodle | |
| Jan. 22 | Wind Instruments Cont. | 11,12,15,17 | None | |
| 8 | Jan. 25 | Guest Speaker Dr. Tony Oliver | 7, 13 | Pitched Drums, See Moodle |
| Jan. 27 | Finally finish Wind Instruments and Exam Review | 11, 12, 15, 17 | Chpt 11: R5, R6, R8, Q5, E1 Chpt 12: E5 Chpt 15: R1, R8 Chpt 17: R6, R7, R8, E4 |
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| Jan. 29 | Exam 2 | none | none | |
| 9 | Feb. 1 | Percussion Cont. | 7, 13 | none |
| Feb. 3 | Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction | 3 | none | |
| Feb. 5 | Guest Speaker Dr. Kathy Jakielski | 16 | Segmenting Speech Spectrograms, See Moodle | |
| 10 | Feb. 8 | Reflection, Refraction and Diffraction Cont. | 3 | Turn in Segmented Spectrogram |
| Feb. 10 | Concert Hall Acoustics | 3, 23 | Moodle TBA | |
| Feb. 12 | Room and Concert Hall Acoustics | 3, 23 | Chpt 3: R11, R12, R13, Q2 Chpt 23: R1, R2, R6, R9, E1, E2 (filled wooden seats are not in Table 23.2, but you can make a good guess from the other information in the table) |
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| Finals | Feb. 16 | Exam
3 (Final) |
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