| Exam 3 Review Sheet: This is the sheet we went over during Thursday night's review -Extra Office Hours, Monday February 25, 2:00-4:00 pm of finals week -Final Exam is 3:00 pm, Tuesday February 26, in Science 304 Note that information from last two classes is fair game on the final ![]() Eloise Imogene van Howe was born at 3:24 am on Tuesday January 22! See the updated course schedule/syllabus below! |
| 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 |
| Dec 5. | Ch1 R3, R4; Ch2 E1 |
| Dec 7. | Ch2 E3, E6 |
| Dec 10. | Ch2 R10; Ch3 R3, E9 |
| Dec 12. | Ch3 R4, Q7 |
| Dec 14. | Finish Reading Ch3 |
| Dec 17. | Ch3 R11, R13, E4 |
| Dec 19. | Ch3 R15, E2 |
| Jan 9, | Read sound analysis activity handout |
| Jan 11, | Ch4: R11, E3 Read Chapter 7: 135-144 Ch7: E11 |
| Jan 14, | Ch10: R3, R6 |
| Jan 16, | Finish Reading Chapter 10 Read Chapter 11 Review work we've done so far |
| Jan 18, | Ch4: E7 Ch10: E7 Finish Reading Chapter 11 if haven't already |
| Jan 21, | Pick one thing we have not talked about from one of the following chapters: 10, 11, or 12. Write a short paragraph explaining the science behind this fact. Be prepared for a reading quiz on the material from these chapters that we have covered. |
| Jan 23, | Take a break |
| Jan 25, | Take a break |
| Jan 28, | Ch11: E1 Ch12: Q3 Ch13: Q3 |
| Jan 30, | Take a break |
| Feb 4, | More break |
| Feb 6, | More break |
| Feb 8, | Ch5: R10, E1 Ch6: E2, E4 |
| Feb 11, | Ch15: R6, Q1, E9 (note F10 = 536 Hz) |
| Feb 13, | Finish reading chapter 15 if haven't already Read chapter 16 |
| Feb 15, | Ch23: R6, E2 |
| Feb 18, | Skim Ch24 Read Ch25 Ch25: R2, R15, E4 (do E1 instead of E4 if you like) |
| No more homework! |
| Week | Date | Topic | Chapters | Assignment Due |
| 1 | Dec. 3 | Intro, survey, pictures, “What is Sound?” | 1, 3 | |
| Dec. 5 | Vibrating Systems: Simple Harmonic Oscillator | 2 | Ch1: R3, R4; Ch2: E1 | |
| Dec. 7 | Vibrating systems cont., coupled oscillators | 2 | Ch2: E3, E6 | |
| 2 | Dec. 10 | Waves: frequency, wavelength, speed, graphical representation | 3 | Ch2: R10; Ch3: R3, E9 |
| Dec. 12 | Waves: traveling wave, sound wave, reflection | 3 | Ch3: R4, Q7 | |
| Dec. 14 | Reflection, refraction, Doppler effect | 3 | Finish Reading Chapter 3 | |
| 3 | Dec. 17 | Interference, diffraction |
3 | Ch3: R11, R13, E4 |
| Dec. 19 | Review for Exam | Ch3: R15, E2 | ||
| Dec. 21 | Exam 1 | Study for Exam | ||
| Winter Break | ||||
| 4 | Jan. 7 | Resonance | 4 | Welcome back! |
| Jan. 9 | Temporal and Spectral Analysis of Sound (recording activity, bring your instrument) | 7 | Read sound analysis activity handout | |
| Jan. 11 | Fourier Analysis, Timbre, Envelope Instruments synthesized from pure tones: Organ Piano Chimes |
7 | Ch4: R11, E3 Read Chapter 7: 135-144 Ch7: E11 |
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| 5 | Jan. 14 | String Instruments | 10 | Ch10: R3, R6 |
| Jan. 16 | NOVA Video: What is Music? | Finish Reading Chapter 10 Read Chapter 11 Review work we've done so far |
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| Jan. 18 | Brass and Woodwinds | 11,12 | Ch4: E7 Ch10: E7 |
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| 6 | Jan. 21 | Percussion | 13 | Pick one thing we have not talked about from one of the following chapters: 10, 11, or 12. Write a short paragraph explaining the science behind this fact.
Be prepared for a reading quiz on the material from these chapters we have covered. |
| Jan. 23 | No Lecture |
Take a break | ||
| Jan. 25 | No Lecture |
Take a break | ||
| 7 | Jan. 28 | Notes, scales, temperament, harmony, pitch | 8,9 | Ch11: E1 Ch12: Q3 Ch13: Q3 |
| Jan. 30 | Review for Exam 2 |
Take a break | ||
| Feb. 1 | Exam 2 | Take a break | ||
| 8 | Feb. 4 | Hearing, Power, Loudness Low freq elephant communication: Cornell Bioacoustics lab (elephant listening project) |
5,6 | Take a break |
| Feb. 6 | Snow day class canceled |
Take a break | ||
| Feb. 8 | Structure of the ear, Auditory Perception, Sound localization, Cochlear implants Listening demo: Sentence Comprehension vs. number of channels |
5,6,7 | Ch5: R10, E1 Ch6: E2, E4 |
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| 9 | Feb. 11 | Speech production: Guest Lecturer Professor Kathy Jakielski, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders | 15 | Read Chapter 15 Ch15: R6, Q1, E9 (note F10 = 536 Hz) |
| Feb. 13 | Analysis of speech (spectrographic techniqes): Guest Lecturer Professor Kathy Jakielski, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders | 16 | Finish reading chapter 15 if haven't already; Read chapter 16 |
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| Feb. 15 | Auditorium Acoustics | 23 | Ch23: R6, E2 | |
| 10 | Feb. 18 | Concert halls, small rooms, home listening rooms, and recording studios | 24,25 | Skim Ch24 Read Ch25 Ch25: R2, R15, E4 (do E1 instead of E4 if you like) |
| Feb. 20 | Concert hall acoustics, recording enhancement, repair: Guest Lecture Professor Jon Hurty, Department of Music |
No more homework! | ||
| Feb. 22 | Evaluation, Sound Demonstrations by Marc Hayes | |||
| Finals | Feb. 26 | Exam
3 (Final) |
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