Math 5: Schedule, topics and worksheets - SPRING 2007

week date reading daily topics, links & demos worksheets
1 Mar 28 W website Periodic sounds, frequency, functions funcs, soln
30 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
30 Sa and Apr 1 Su: Trio Mediaeval concert, Rollins Chapel, relates to intervals and harmony
Apr 2 M 3.3, 6.7 Combining tones, beats, perfect intervals 2periods
3 Tu X-hr Resources page Tool session: using audacity
2 4 W 2.8, 6.4.1 Fourier series (use this), the harmonic series, and the first of many auditory illusions fourier
6 F 2.8.3 HW1 due. Spectrogram, partials (touch tone info)
9 M 3.6-3.9, 3.10.2-3.13 Tuning systems pythag
10 Tu X-hr - Using praat
3 11 W 2.5, 3.10.1, Benson Ch. 4 Complex sounds: perceived pitch, Helmholtz theory of dissonance diss
13 F 4.20, 7.4.6, 7.8 HW2 due. Travelling waves
16 M - speed of sound, echoes, spacetime diagrams.
17 Tu X-hr - Quiz 1 (answers, 30 mins, start at 1:15pm, bring calculators)
4 18 W 7.12 Doppler effect (applet) and the Hammond organ (Leslie) doppler
20 F 4.19.3-4.24.2 HW3 due. Loudness and intensity, decibels dB
23 M 1.2.2-4, 5.3, 8.1-8.3.1 Sounds sources: oscillators accel
24 Tu X-hr -
5 25 W 8.10.1 Damping and Q-factor. decay
27 F HW4 due. Complex vibration modes of extended bodies.
30 M 8.5-8.7.1 Modes of an elastic string. Plucked and bowed strings. hitbar
May 1 Tu X-hr - practise exam problem session (practise problems, flashcards )
Midterm: Tuesday May 1, 6-8 pm, Wilder 115 (solutions)
6 2 W Brass instruments: Class visit by Barton Workshop
4 F 8.7.5 HW5 due. Plucked and bowed strings. Pipe resonances.
7 M 8.7.4, 8.3.3 More pipes, stretched partials, Helmholtz resonator. openclosed
8 Tu X-hr - Class visit by Handel & Haydn Society of Boston Chamber Ensemble (note: in Faulkner Recital Hall)
7 9 W 8.9 Resonance.
11 F this HW6 due. Human voice: speech, formants, singing.
14 M 7.10, 7.13.2, 8.10.1, App.7 Architectural acoustics: reverberation and early reflections.
15 Tu X-hr -
8 16 W Choose project topics. Quiz 2 (25 mins, bring calculators). Architectural acoustics: room resonances.
18 F 7.8, 7.11 HW7 due. Wave phenomena: reflection, path lengths, method of images. image
21 M Interference.
22 Tu X-hr -
9 23 W Diffraction, Rayleigh limit, human hearing and physiology.
25 F Koenig analyzer, electronic music recording and reproduction, sampling sampling
28 M (no lecture: Memorial Day)
29 Tu X-hr - Review (practise questions)
10 30 W - Project Presentations (usual lecture slot)
Project Presentation Pizza Evening: Wednesday May 30, 6-8 pm, Wilder 115
Final Exam: Friday June 1, 3-6 pm, Kemeny 007 Note location! (solutions)

week	date	reading	daily topics, links & demos	worksheets
1	Mar 28 W	website	Periodic sounds, frequency, functions	funcs, soln
	30 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
			30 Sa and Apr 1 Su: Trio Mediaeval concert, Rollins Chapel, relates to intervals and harmony
	Apr 2 M	3.3, 6.7	Combining tones, beats, perfect intervals	2periods
	3 Tu X-hr	Resources page	Tool session: using `audacity`
2	4 W	2.8, 6.4.1	Fourier series (use this), the harmonic series, and the first of many auditory illusions	fourier
	6 F	2.8.3	HW1 due. Spectrogram, partials (touch tone info)
	9 M	3.6-3.9, 3.10.2-3.13	Tuning systems	pythag
	10 Tu X-hr	-	Using `praat`
3	11 W	2.5, 3.10.1, Benson Ch. 4	Complex sounds: perceived pitch, Helmholtz theory of dissonance	diss
	13 F	4.20, 7.4.6, 7.8	HW2 due. Travelling waves
	16 M	-	speed of sound, echoes, spacetime diagrams.
	17 Tu X-hr	-	Quiz 1 (answers, 30 mins, start at 1:15pm, bring calculators)
4	18 W	7.12	Doppler effect (applet) and the Hammond organ (Leslie)	doppler
	20 F	4.19.3-4.24.2	HW3 due. Loudness and intensity, decibels	dB
	23 M	1.2.2-4, 5.3, 8.1-8.3.1	Sounds sources: oscillators	accel
	24 Tu X-hr	-
5	25 W	8.10.1	Damping and Q-factor.	decay
	27 F		HW4 due. Complex vibration modes of extended bodies.
	30 M	8.5-8.7.1	Modes of an elastic string. Plucked and bowed strings.	hitbar
	May 1 Tu X-hr	-	practise exam problem session (practise problems, flashcards )
		Midterm: Tuesday May 1, 6-8 pm, Wilder 115 (solutions)
6	2 W		Brass instruments: Class visit by Barton Workshop
	4 F	8.7.5	HW5 due. Plucked and bowed strings. Pipe resonances.
	7 M	8.7.4, 8.3.3	More pipes, stretched partials, Helmholtz resonator.	openclosed
	8 Tu X-hr	-	Class visit by Handel & Haydn Society of Boston Chamber Ensemble (note: in Faulkner Recital Hall)
7	9 W	8.9	Resonance.
	11 F	this	HW6 due. Human voice: speech, formants, singing.
	14 M	7.10, 7.13.2, 8.10.1, App.7	Architectural acoustics: reverberation and early reflections.
	15 Tu X-hr	-
8	16 W		Choose project topics. Quiz 2 (25 mins, bring calculators). Architectural acoustics: room resonances.
	18 F	7.8, 7.11	HW7 due. Wave phenomena: reflection, path lengths, method of images.	image
	21 M		Interference.
	22 Tu X-hr	-
9	23 W		Diffraction, Rayleigh limit, human hearing and physiology.
	25 F		Koenig analyzer, electronic music recording and reproduction, sampling	sampling
	28 M		(no lecture: Memorial Day)
	29 Tu X-hr	-	Review (practise questions)
10	30 W	-	Project Presentations (usual lecture slot)
		Project Presentation Pizza Evening: Wednesday May 30, 6-8 pm, Wilder 115
		Final Exam: Friday June 1, 3-6 pm, Kemeny 007 Note location! (solutions)