Physics 115 - Physics Of Music

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Shubha Tewari;Andrew Schick
M W 9:05AM 9:55AM; F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
21981
Integ. Learning Center S311
tewari@physics.umass.edu;aschick@umass.edu
Production and perception of musical sound. Waves; the physical basis of pitch, timbre, resonance, dissonance, and musical scales. Sound production in musical instruments and auditorium acoustics. Two lectures and one lab meeting every week. Elementary algebra and powers of ten notation used. (Gen.Ed. PS)
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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