INSTRUCTOR: CHARLES FEILDING
| Date | Lecture number | Heading | Chapter in "Acoustics and Psychoacoustics" |
8/27/07 |
Lecture 001 | Introduction, Syllabus and orientation | None |
8/29/07 |
Lecture 002 | Sound I | 1.1 Pressure waves and sound transmission 1 1.2 Sound intensity, power and pressure level 14 |
| 9/3/07 Monday |
HOLIDAY |
NO CLASS | Labour day |
| 9/5/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 003 | Sound II | 1.3 Adding sounds together 20 1.4 The inverse square law 28 |
| 9/10/07 Monday |
Lecture 004 | Sound III | 1.5 Sound interactions 33 |
| 9/12/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 005 | Sound IV | 1.6 Time and frequency domains 51 1.7 Analyzing spectra 56 |
| 9/17/07 Monday |
Lecture 006 | Hearing I | 2.1 The anatomy of the hearing system 66 2.2 Critical bands 74 |
| 9/19/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 007 | Hearing II | 2.3 Frequency and pressure sensitivity ranges 79 2.4 Loudness perception 82 |
| 9/24/07 Monday |
Lecture 008 | Hearing III | 2.5 Noise-induced hearing loss 91 2.6 Perception of sound source direction 96 |
| 9/26/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 009 | Hearing IV | 3.1 Musical notes 109 |
| 10/1/07 Monday |
Lecture 010 | Hearing V | 3.2 Hearing pitch 119 |
| 10/3/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 011 | Hearing VI | 3.3 Hearing notes 136 |
| 10/8/07 Monday |
Lecture 012 | Hearing VII | 3.4 Tuning systems 144 |
| 10/10/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 013 | Midterm review | Topics by request |
| 10/15/07 to 10/19/07 |
MIDTERM EXAMS |
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| 10/22/07 Monday |
Lecture 014 | Instrument I | 4.1 A 'black box' model of musical instruments 152 4.2 Stringed instruments 155 |
| 10/24/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 015 | 4.2.7 Brass Instruments |
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| 10/29/07 Monday |
Lecture 016 | Instrument III | 4.4 Percussion instruments 194 |
| 10/31/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 017 | Instrument IV | 4.5 The speaking and singing voice 198 |
| 11/5/07 Monday |
Lecture 018 | Timbre I | 5.1 What is timbre? 210 5.2 Acoustics of timbre 211 5.3 Psychoacoustics of timbre 220 |
| 11/7/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 019 | Timbre II | 5.4 The pipe organ as a timbral synthesiser 226 5.5 Deceiving the ear 228 |
| 11/12/07 Monday |
Lecture 020 | Environment I | 6.1 Acoustics of enclosed spaces 247 |
| 11/14/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 021 | Environment II | 6.1.10 Reverberation time 267 |
| 11/19/07 Monday |
Lecture 022 | Environment III | 6.2 Room modes and standing waves 288 |
11/21/07 |
HOLIDAY |
NO CLASS | Thanksgiving Eve |
| 11/26/07 Monday |
Lecture 023 | Environment IV | 6.3 Absorption materials 305 6.4 Diffusion materials 311 6.5 Sound isolation 316 6.6 Energy-time considerations 321 |
| 11/27/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 024 | Project I | |
| 12/3/07 Monday |
Lecture 025 | Project II | |
| 12/5/07 Wednesday |
Lecture 026 | Project III | |
| 12/11/07 to 12/14/07 | Final Exams |