Physics 115 - Physics Of Music

Spring
2021
01
4.00
Shubha Tewari
F 11:15AM 12:05PM; M W 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
80681
Fully Remote Class
tewari@physics.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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