Auditory Theory: Acoustics

Lecture 001 Introductions

Reading Assignment for Lecture 002

Please read the first Chapter of Acoustics and Psychoacoustics and study deeply the first two sections:

  • 1.1 Pressure waves and Sound transmissions
  • 1.2 Sound intensity power and pressure level

Be prepared to answer a brief quiz on the material at the beginning of class.

Brain Bullets

Contact Information

  • Instructor: Charles Feilding.
  • E-mail: cfeilding@mac.com
  • Phone: 505-670-2554
  • Office: T-38 Room 101
  • Website: http://www.santafevisions.com

Classes.

  • Monday and Wednesday 9.30 to 10.45
  • Classroom: T40

Supplies

  • Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
    (second edition) by David M Howard and James Angus.
  • A hardware or software calculator capable of logs and anti logs
    (base 10 and natural), square roots, sines and arcsines.
  • If you are a laptop user and like using spreadsheets you may bring the computer to class if you wish.

Grades

  • Quizzes: 25%
  • Midterm: 25%
  • Projects: 15%
  • Final Exam: 25%
  • Attendance: 10%

Attendance

  • No absences: A
  • One absence: B
  • Two absences: C
  • Three absences: D
  • Four or more absences: F

Expectations of Professionalism

There are two rules always observed by successful professional musicians:

  • Be prepared (or be sensationally good at winging it)
  • Be on time (or have a good documented reason).