Math 5: Schedule, topics and worksheets - FALL 2008

week date reading daily topics, links & demos worksheets
1 Sept 24 W website Periodic sounds, frequency, functions funcs, soln
25 Th X-hr Resources page Tool session: using audacity
26 F 2.3, 3.1-3.2, 5.4-5.4.2 Pure tones, sinusoidal and circular motion. musical frequencies, addition formula (also here) addn, soln
27 Sa: Takacs Quartet, Hopkins center, relates to much of this course
29 M 3.3, 6.7 Combining tones, beats, perfect intervals zerocross
2 Oct 1 W 2.8, 6.4.1 HW1 due. Fourier series (use this), the harmonic series, and the first of many auditory illusions
2 Th X-hr - Using praat
3 F 2.8.3 Spectrogram, partials (touch tone info) fourier
6 M 3.6-3.9, 3.10.2-3.13 Tuning systems (harpsichord demo) pythag
3 8 W 2.5, 3.10.1, Benson Ch. 4 HW2 due. Complex sounds: perceived pitch, Helmholtz theory of dissonance diss
9 Th X-hr - Quiz 1 (answers, 30 mins, start at 12:00pm, bring calculators)
10 F 4.20, 7.4.6, 7.8 Travelling waves
13 M - speed of sound, echoes, spacetime diagrams.
4 15 W 7.12 HW3 due. Doppler effect (applet) and the Hammond organ (Leslie) doppler
17 F 4.19.3-4.24.2 Loudness and intensity, decibels dB
20 M 1.2.2-4, 5.3, 8.1-8.3.1 Sounds sources: oscillators accel
5 22 W 8.10.1 HW4 due. Damping and Q-factor. decay
23 Th X-hr - practise exam problem session (practise problems, last year's exam [solutions], flashcards )
Midterm: Thursday Oct 23, 6-8 pm, Carson L01 (solutions)
24 F Complex vibration modes of extended bodies.
27 M 8.5-8.7.1 Modes of an elastic string. Plucked strings. hitbar
6 29 W HW5 due. Damping and excitation of strings, bowing.
30 Th X-hr -
31 F 8.7.5 Plucked and bowed strings. Pipe resonances.
Nov 3 M 8.7.4, 8.3.3 More pipes, stretched partials, Helmholtz resonator. openclosed
7 5 W 8.9 HW6 due. Resonance.
7 F this Human voice: speech, formants, singing. sopranos, von Kempelen's machine.
10 M 7.10, 7.13.2, 8.10.1, App.7 Singing. Architectural acoustics: reverberation and early reflections.
8 12 W HW7 due. Derive Sabine's formula. Ray reflection, method of images.
13 Th X-hr Quiz 2 (25 mins, bring calculators).
14 F 7.8, 7.11 Multiple images and lattices. Interference, wave phenomena. image
17 M Deadline to choose project topics. Diffraction of waves. Human hearing and physiology.
9 19 W HW8 due. Human frequency sensitivity, masking, directional sensing. direction
21 F electronic music recording and reproduction. sampling sampling
24 M (no lecture)
26 W - 30 Su: --------- Thanksgiving recess ---------
Dec 1 M - Math in music composition, (Paganini 24th Caprice theme, Rachmaninov Rhapsody Op.43, inversion of melody) groups
10 3 W - Project Presentations (usual lecture slot)
Project Presentation Pizza Evening: Wednesday Dec 3, 6-8 pm, Kemeny 105 (note, not 108!)
5 Fr - (usual lecture time) Exam review session (optional); practise questions. last year's final (solutions).
Final Exam: Tuesday Dec 9, 8-11 am, Kemeny 105 (note, not 108). Project write-ups due at my office, 5pm, Tues Dec 9. (solutions)

week	date	reading	daily topics, links & demos	worksheets
1	Sept 24 W	website	Periodic sounds, frequency, functions	funcs, soln
	25 Th X-hr	Resources page	Tool session: using `audacity`
	26 F	2.3, 3.1-3.2, 5.4-5.4.2	Pure tones, sinusoidal and circular motion. musical frequencies, addition formula (also here)	addn, soln
	27 Sa: Takacs Quartet, Hopkins center, relates to much of this course
	29 M	3.3, 6.7	Combining tones, beats, perfect intervals	zerocross
2	Oct 1 W	2.8, 6.4.1	HW1 due. Fourier series (use this), the harmonic series, and the first of many auditory illusions
	2 Th X-hr	-	Using `praat`
	3 F	2.8.3	Spectrogram, partials (touch tone info)	fourier
	6 M	3.6-3.9, 3.10.2-3.13	Tuning systems (harpsichord demo)	pythag
3	8 W	2.5, 3.10.1, Benson Ch. 4	HW2 due. Complex sounds: perceived pitch, Helmholtz theory of dissonance	diss
	9 Th X-hr	-	Quiz 1 (answers, 30 mins, start at 12:00pm, bring calculators)
	10 F	4.20, 7.4.6, 7.8	Travelling waves
	13 M	-	speed of sound, echoes, spacetime diagrams.
4	15 W	7.12	HW3 due. Doppler effect (applet) and the Hammond organ (Leslie)	doppler
	17 F	4.19.3-4.24.2	Loudness and intensity, decibels	dB
	20 M	1.2.2-4, 5.3, 8.1-8.3.1	Sounds sources: oscillators	accel
5	22 W	8.10.1	HW4 due. Damping and Q-factor.	decay
	23 Th X-hr	-	practise exam problem session (practise problems, last year's exam [solutions], flashcards )
		Midterm: Thursday Oct 23, 6-8 pm, Carson L01 (solutions)
	24 F		Complex vibration modes of extended bodies.
	27 M	8.5-8.7.1	Modes of an elastic string. Plucked strings.	hitbar
6	29 W		HW5 due. Damping and excitation of strings, bowing.
	30 Th X-hr	-
	31 F	8.7.5	Plucked and bowed strings. Pipe resonances.
	Nov 3 M	8.7.4, 8.3.3	More pipes, stretched partials, Helmholtz resonator.	openclosed
7	5 W	8.9	HW6 due. Resonance.
	7 F	this	Human voice: speech, formants, singing. sopranos, von Kempelen's machine.
	10 M	7.10, 7.13.2, 8.10.1, App.7	Singing. Architectural acoustics: reverberation and early reflections.
8	12 W		HW7 due. Derive Sabine's formula. Ray reflection, method of images.
	13 Th X-hr		Quiz 2 (25 mins, bring calculators).
	14 F	7.8, 7.11	Multiple images and lattices. Interference, wave phenomena.	image
	17 M		Deadline to choose project topics. Diffraction of waves. Human hearing and physiology.
9	19 W		HW8 due. Human frequency sensitivity, masking, directional sensing.	direction
	21 F		electronic music recording and reproduction. sampling	sampling
	24 M		(no lecture)
	26 W - 30 Su: --------- Thanksgiving recess ---------
	Dec 1 M	-	Math in music composition, (Paganini 24th Caprice theme, Rachmaninov Rhapsody Op.43, inversion of melody)	groups
10	3 W	-	Project Presentations (usual lecture slot)
		Project Presentation Pizza Evening: Wednesday Dec 3, 6-8 pm, Kemeny 105 (note, not 108!)
	5 Fr	-	(usual lecture time) Exam review session (optional); practise questions. last year's final (solutions).
		Final Exam: Tuesday Dec 9, 8-11 am, Kemeny 105 (note, not 108). Project write-ups due at my office, 5pm, Tues Dec 9. (solutions)