ISP 215: THE SCIENCE OF SOUND

Spring Semester, 2011

Course Pack:
ISP 215 - PRINCIPLES OF MUSICAL ACOUSTICS (2010 edition)
by W.M. Hartmann, available at the Student Bookstore on Grand River

Clickers: The course uses the i-clicker, ISBN 0716779390

Class: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:40 - 4:00 pm in room 1415 BPS Building.

Instructor: Professor W.M. Hartmann
                    171 Giltner Hall
                    hartman2@msu.edu
                    http://pa.msu.edu/acoustics

Office hours: Wednesday 9 - 11 am or by appointment.

Topics and text assignments
( Ch. = Chapters of the text to read; Ex. = Recommended exercises )

 1 Tu 11 J: Science and acoustics, Ch.1; Simple harmonic motion, frequency, 
		period, amplitude, sine function, Ch.2; Ex. 1.6-9; 2.1-5.
 2 Th 13 J: Instantaneous phase, free vibrators, natural modes, multimode
		systems, Ch.2 and Ch.3; Ex. 2.6-9; 3.1-3.

 3 Tu 18 J: Spectrum, resonance, adding waves, Ch.3; Ex. 3.4-9.
 4 Th 20 J: Transducers, electronic instrumentation, Ch.4; Ex. 4.2-7
	        [Clicker points count beginning today.]
			[Quiz 1, Chapters 1, 2, 3] 

 5 Tu 25 J: Sound waves in matter, polarization, speed of sound, 
		 Ch.5; Ex. 5.4-12 
 6 Th 27 J: Traveling waves in space and time, wavelength, Ch.5; Ex. 5.2-3, 11.
			[Quiz 2, Chapters 3, 4, 5]

 7 Tu  1 F: Wave interference, beats, reflection, refraction, diffraction,
		Ch.6; Ex. 6.1-4, 6.6-8. 
 8 Th  3 F: Standing waves, standing waves on strings, Ch.7; Ex.7.1-5 
			[Quiz 3, Chapters 5, 6]

 9 Tu  8 F: Standing waves in pipes, Ch.8; Ex. 8.1-5 
10 Th 10 F: Fourier analysis and synthesis, periodicity again, Ch.9; Ex. 9.1-5.
			[Quiz 4, Chapters 7, 8]

11 Tu 15 F: Sound radiation, intensity, sound level, decibels, Ch.10; 
		Ex. 10.1-8 
12 Th 17 F: dB drill, Auditory anatomy Ch. 10, 11; Ex.11.1-3
			[Quiz 5, Chapters 9, 10]

13 Tu 22 F: Auditory physiology, cochlear tuning, Ch. 11; Ex. 11.4-7
14 Th 24 F: Loudness Ch.12, Ex. 12.1-7; 
			[Quiz 6, Chapters 10, 11]

15 Tu  1 M: Pitch perception Ch.13 Ex. 13.2-5
16 Th  3 M: Localization of sound, Ch.14; Ex. 14.1-58 
			[Quiz 7, Chapters 12, 13]

			SPRING BREAK

17 Tu 15 M: Walls-reflection,transmission,absorption, Ch.15; Ex. 15.6-9.
18 Th 17 M: Room acoustics, reverberation Ch.15; Ex. 15.1-5.
		[Quiz 8, Chapters 14, 15]

19 Tu 22 M: The Rooms Experience; Room 10 Communication Arts Building. 
		Transducers Ch. 16; Ex. 16.1-7.
20 Th 24 M: Transducers, Loudspeakers, Ch.16, 19; Ex. 19.1-5 
		[Quiz 9, Chapters 15, 16]

21 Tu 29 M: Digital audio, Ch.20; Ex. 20.1-4 
22 Th 31 M: Digital methods, Ch.20, 20.10-12; 	
		[Quiz 10, Chapters 19, 20]

23 Tu  5 A: Vocal anatomy, speech sounds, Ch. 22; 
24 Th  7 A: Speech formants, singing, and spectrograms Ch.22; Ex.22.1-8
		[Quiz 11, Chapters 20, 22]

25 Tu  12 A: Brass instruments, Ch.23; Ex. 23.1-5.
26 Th  14 A: Woodwind instruments, Ch.24; Ex. 24.1-6.
		[Quiz 12, Chapters 22, 23]

27 Tu  19 A: String instruments, Ch.25; Ex. 25.1-5 [Make-up quiz *]
28 Th  21 A: Percussion instruments, Ch.26, Ex. 26.1-5.
		[Quiz 13, Chapters 24, 25]

29 Tu  26 A: Percussion and electronic instruments, Ch.26, 27.
30 Th  28 A: REVIEW [Make Up Quiz *]

Final Exam: Wednesday 4 May 12:45-2:45 pm. Comprehensive, 200 points.

Grading: 13 Quizzes, every Thursday starting 20 January and through 21 April.

Each quiz is 40 points; drop the lowest score; 12 times 40 = 480 points.

                                   Scaled Clicker score ** =  70 points 

					        Final Exam = 200 points.

                                      Final grade : Based on 750 points. 


* The Make-up quiz is available for any student who has missed a quiz 
during the term for any reason.  It is comprehensive, based on the work
for the entire term. Like other quizzes, it is worth 40 points.

** During the term there will be hundreds of clicker points. A student
who gets all the points will get a Scaled Clicker score of 70. A student
who gets half the points will get a Scaled Clicker score of 35, etc.