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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Music : Music

740-112/312/412 Musical Acoustics

Availability:

Offered in alternate years.

Credit Points:

10.0

Coordinator:

Dr S Ingham

Prerequisite/s:

One Group A subjects.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two hours of lectures a week for one semester in either third or fourth year

Content:

A selection from the following topics: basic concepts of acoustics; they study of sound waves, vibration and resonance; loudness; the harmonic series; musical intervals, scales, tuning and temperaments; construction and classification of musical instruments; concert hall and auditorium design.

Assessment:

3-hour examination paper.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Backus J, The Acoustical Foundations of Music, (2nd ed.) Norton.
  • or Rossing T D, The Science of Sound, (1st ed.) Addison Wesley.
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