MUSIC 150: INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL ACOUSTICS

SPRING 2019

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TOPICS will be updated with links to lecture slides after each class

READINGS should be completed by the start of class on the date indicated

HOMEWORK is due by 5:00pm on the date indicated

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework Due	Links
1	Mon 4/1/19	Chapter 1: What Is Sound?	Chapter 1
	Fri 4/5/19	Chapter 2: Vibrating Systems	Chapter 2	Ch 1: Exercises 5-12 (p. 19-20)	Modal Resonance Animations; Chladni Patterns
2	Mon 4/8/19	Chapter 3: Waves	Chapter 3	Ch 2: Exercises 1-7 (p. 37)
	Fri 4/12/19	Chapter 4: Resonance	Chapter 4	Ch 3: Exercises 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 (p. 58)
3	Mon 4/15/19	Chapter 5: Hearing	Chapter 5	Ch 4: Exercises 1-8 (p. 73)
	Fri 4/19/19	Chapter 6: Sound Pressure, Power, and Loudness	Chapter 6	Ch 5: Exercises 1-9 (p. 97-98)	Plot hearing curve [required] Loudness scaling [required]
4	Mon 4/22/19	Chapter 7: Pitch	Chapter 7	Ch 6: Exercises 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 (p. 119)	Audio examples
	Fri 4/26/19	Chapter 7: Timbre		Hearing curve plots due [required] Loudness scaling due [required]	Audio examples
5	Mon 4/29/19	Chapter 8: Combination Tones, Harmony	Chapter 8	Ch 7: Exercises 1-12 (p. 147-148)
	TBD	Optional: Midterm review, 3:30 PM in the seminar room
	Fri 5/3/19	MIDTERM EXAM, Chapters 1-8 at the normal class time		Ch 8: Exercises 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (p. 172)
6	Mon 5/6/19	Chapter 10: String Instruments	Chapter 10
	TBD	Optional: Midterm discussion, 3:30 pm in the seminar room
	Fri 5/10/19	Chapter 11: Brass Instruments Optional: CCRMA Tour (After Class)	Chapter 11	Chapter 10: **Review questions** 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 – short answers (p. 222-223); Chapter 10 **Exercises** 2, 5, 7 (p. 223)
7	Mon 5/13/19	Chapter 12: Woodwind Instruments	Chapter 12	Chapter 11: Exercises 1-5 (p. 244)
	Fri 5/17/19	Chapter 13: Percussion Instruments	Chapter 13	Chapter 12: Exercises 1-6 (p. 270)
8	Mon 5/20/19	Chapter 14: Keyboard Instruments	Chapter 14	Chapter 13: Exercises 1-8 (p. 308)
	Fri 5/24/19	Chapter 15: Speech Production Chapter 16: Speech Recognition, Analyses...	Chapter 15, Chapter 16	Chapter 14: Exercises 1-7 (p. 333)
9	Mon 5/27/19	Memorial Day No Class
9	Fri 5/31/19	Chapter 17: Singing	Chapter 17	Chapter 15: Exercises 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (p. 353-354); Chapter 16: Exercises ...
10	Mon 6/3/19	Chapter 23: Auditorium Acoustics Final Exam Review		Chapter 17: Exercises 1, 3, 5 (p. 396)
Finals	Tue 6/11/19	FINAL EXAM,3:30 PM, in ccrma classroom

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