The Science of Music

Dr. Keith Koons, Music Department
Dr. Jeffrey B. Bindell, Physics Department

Syllabus

Note Set #1 - Background Materials

Lecture Set I - Introductory Concepts

Lecture Set II - Strings and Things

Addendum - Tones Together

Lecture Set III -The Guitar - Waves on a String

Addendum - Comments on Beats

Resonance and the Guitar

Homework 1

Resonance Continued

Some repeat of previous lecture as well as some stuff on sound

So ... Just exactly is that node thing?

Tuning and Temperament

Notes on Percussion Instruments

Interesting Animation on Drum Modes
(Animation courtesy of Dr. Dan Russell, Kettering University.)

The Piano (Web Reference)

The Ear & Hearing

A Presentation stolen from the web on Hearing Localization

AudioBox Sound Loudness Demos and other tricks. Interesting Site

Introduction to Loudness

Pitch Perception

The Voice

Room Acoustics

A Very Brief Overview of Recording