SCI 312Physics of Music t Course Descriptions
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1990–91
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1972–73 to 1990–91; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A discussion of the nature of musical sounds. The mathematical basis of harmony, musical scales. Sound production by various instruments, including the human voice; radiated power, sound spectrum. Acoustics of auditorium; amplifier and speaker systems. Recommended for any student who understands logarithms and who is interested in both Music and Physics
As printed in the 1974–75 to 1990–91 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1990–91, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1974–75 to 1990–91 16 calendars
A discussion of the nature of musical sounds. The mathematical basis of harmony, musical scales. Sound production by various instruments, including the human voice; radiated power, sound spectrum. Acoustics of auditorium; amplifier and speaker systems.
Recommended for any student who understands logarithms and who is interested in both Music and Physics
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
- 1974–75 PDF p. 635
- 1975–76 PDF p. 439
- 1976–77 PDF p. 384
- 1977–78 PDF p. 423
- 1978–79 PDF p. 412
- 1979–80 PDF p. 426
- 1980–81 PDF p. 450
- 1981–82 PDF p. 460
- 1982–83 PDF p. 403
- 1983–84 PDF p. 415
- 1985–86 PDF p. 428
- 1986–87 PDF p. 436
- 1987–88* PDF p. 452
- 1988–89* PDF p. 449
- 1989–90* PDF p. 472
- 1990–91* PDF p. 450
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1972–73 to 1973–74 2 calendars
The acoustics of simple sounds: sources, waves, resonance. The ear and brain as a sound detector and analyzer. The mathematical basis of harmony, the diatonic scale. The analysis and synthesis of complex sounds. Sound production by various instruments including the human voice: radiated power, sound spectrum, tuning problems, articulation. Acoustics of auditoriums: amplifier and speaker systems, Hi-Fi, stereo. Electronic music: sound modifiers, organs, synthesizers, computers. Prerequisites: An interest in both Music and Physics; Mathematics 130 or an equivalent course in Caleulus, or consent of instructor. 3 lectures, winter term.