MU 207 Quiz Study Guide

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MacLaurin A177

Source materials:  CLASS NOTES, COURSEPACK

Introduction to acoustics. Sinusoids, Hooke's law, SHM

Vibrating spring vs. vibrating string, transverse vs longitudinal propogation of sound

Amplitude, freq, phase, wavelength   v = f  * lambda

example: what is the frequency of the 12th harmonic of middle C?

Harmonics, resonance, standing waves, difference between modes and nodes

Fourier Theory, Time domain vs. frequency domain

Digital Audio, Sampling, Nyquist Theory

Sampling rate, aliasing

example: If you try to digitize a sinusioid of 6,000 Hz with a sampling rate of 8,000 Hz, what is the result?

  Quantization, dynamic range

  The physics and mathematics of intervals, tuning systems:  just, Pythagorean, meantone, equal tempered tunings