Lecture No.

Date

Topics

1-2

Wed, 1/20

Introduction to course

1-3

Fri, 1/22

Introduction to section

2-1

Mon, 1/25

Sound and waves

2-2

Wed, 1/27

Philosophy of science

2-3

Fri, 1/29

Wave game

3-1

Mon, 2/1

What is pitch?

3-2

Wed, 2/3

Resonance, setting pitch

3-3

Fri, 2/5

Resonance activity

4-1

Mon, 2/8

Slide tubes, wisdom of the crowds

4-2

Wed, 2/10

Putting it all together

4-3

Fri, 2/12

Quiz #1

5-1

Mon, 2/15

PRESIDENT'S DAY: NO LECTURE

5-2

Wed, 2/17

Fourier synthesis

5-3

Fri, 2/19

The Fourier transform

6-1

Mon, 2/22

Fourier decomposition

6-2

Wed, 2/24

Why instrumens sound different: Setting timbre

6-3

Fri, 2/26

Transfer functions

7-1

Mon, 3/1

Transients

7-2

Wed, 3/3

Anharmonic instruments

7-3

Fri, 3/5

Cuica activity

8-1

Mon, 3/8

The ear

8-2

Wed, 3/10

Ethnomusicology

8-3

Fri, 3/12

Quiz #2

9-1

Mon, 3/15

Signals in noise

9-2

Wed, 3/17

SN con't, fool the professor

9-3

Fri, 3/19

Music boxes activity

SPRING BREAK

3/22 - 3/26

NO LECTURE

10-1

Mon, 3/29

Room acoustics

10-2

Wed, 3/31

Guest Lecture

10-3

Fri, 4/2

Music boxes (activity)

11-1

Mon, 4/5

Analog recording

11-2

Wed, 4/7

Digital recording

11-3

Fri, 4/9

Speakers activity

12-1

Mon, 4/12

A/D, compression

12-2

Wed, 4/14

Guest Lecture

12-3

Fri, 4/16

QUIZ # 3

13-1

Mon, 4/19

Voice

13-2

Wed, 4/21

Synthetic music, complexity

13-3

Fri, 4/23

Review

14-1

Mon, 4/26

+/- Feedback loops

14-2

Wed, 4/28

"Big Bang Music," Review- narrative walkthrough of course

14-3

Fri, 4/30

Course contribution review, vocal transformation

FINAL EXAM

Tue, 5/11 8-10A

Location TBA