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Science of Music and Sound

* Lect. 1: Course Intro
* Lect. 2: Waves
* Lect. 3: The Sine function
* Lect. 4: LAB: Mass on a Spring (or pendulum)
* Lect. 5: Simple Harmonic Motion
* Lect. 6: Simple Vibrating Strings
* Lect. 7: Fourier Analysis
* Lect. 8: LAB: Fourier Analysis
* Lect. 9: Physics of stringed instruments
* Lect. 10: Resonance
* Lect. 11: Physics of air columns
* Lect. 12: Physics of woodwinds
* Lect. 13: Physics of brasses
* Lect. 14: Physics of vibrating membranes
* Lect. 15: Physics of vibrating rods and plates
* Lect. 16: --- MIDTERM EXAM ---
* Lect. 17: The human voice
* Lect. 18: Sound reproduction: microphones and speakers
* Lect. 19: Digital vs. Analog audio
* Lect. 20: Audio compression, .mp3, etc.
* Lect. 21: Room acoustics
* Lect. 22: Diffraction and interference
* Lect. 23: Hearing and the ear
* Lect. 24: Loudness and the dB scale
* Lect. 25: Pitch perception and auditory illusions
* Lect. 26: Hearing and the brain
* Lect. 27: Music and emotion
* Lect. 28: Disabilities and savants
* Lect. 29: Review, Presentations, Final papers?
* Lect. 30: FINAL EXAM