MUSIC 150: INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL
ACOUSTICS
SPRING 2019
Class time: Mondays and Fridays,
3:30-4:50 pm
Class location: Knoll 217 (CCRMA
classroom, 2nd floor)
Units: 3
Professors:
Tom Rossing (rossing |at| ccrma)
Office
hours: MF 1:30 - 3:00 pm; Tues, Thurs
by appointment
Juan
Sierra (JuanS |at| ccrma)
Office hours: MF 5:00 - 6:30
Description
The science of musical sound. Wave motion, perception of sound and music, loudness, pitch, and timbre, combination tones and harmony. Science of musical instruments, speech and singing. Acoustics of rooms and concert halls. Prerequisites: Some musical experience, understanding of basic algebra.
Links
Schedule (lecture slides, readings, assignments)
– check regularly for updates and announcements
Required
Text (Available at the Stanford Bookstore)
The Science
of Sound
(3rd Edition)
Thomas D. Rossing,
F. Richard Moore, and Paul A. Wheeler
Addison Wesley (2002)
Optional
Reading
The Physics
of Musical Instruments (2nd Edition)
Neville H. Fletcher and Thomas D. Rossing
Springer (2008)
Musical
Instruments
Donald M. Campbell, Clive A. Greated, and Arnold Myers
Oxford University Press, USA (2006)
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