Acoustic Properties of Sound

Description

This class is Part 1 of an introductory survey of the fundamental aspects of music technology as it relates to music composition, performance, analysis, teaching, and research. Skills and concepts learned in this course will provide a foundation and basic understanding of music technology necessary for application in other courses of the music curriculum (i.e. theory, history, performance, and music education). This course provides a basic overview of the Acoustic properties of sound and how they relate to the Analog and Digital sound.

Learning Goals and Objectives:

This course is designed to meet the following goals:

• provide a conceptual overview of the Acoustic sound.

• give a broad perspective of the many ways the Acoustic sound is used in music applications

-no specific software required for this section of the course.

-no exams/quizzes/assignments for this section of the course.

-any additional materials would be found in the Resource section of the course.

Topic Schedule:

• Introduction

• Vibrations and Size Pitch relationship

• The Strings

• The Woodwinds

• The Brass

• The Percussion

• Acoustic, Analog and Digital world

• What is Sound Part 1

• What is Sound Part 2

• The Psychoacoustics of sound

• The Amplitude (Decibel)

• The Frequency (Hertz)

• The Phase Part 1 (In-Phase vs Out-of-Phase sound)

• The Phase Part 2

• The Timbre Part 1 (Tone "Color")

• The Timbre Part 2

• Spatialization Part 1 (360-degree surround sound)

• Spatialization Part 2

• The Envelope (ADSR - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release)

• Perception of duration (The tempo)

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