ISP 215: THE SCIENCE OF SOUND

Fall Semester, 2015

Course Pack:
ISP 215 - PRINCIPLES OF MUSICAL ACOUSTICS (June 2013 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
                    171Giltner 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 Th 3 S: A: Science and acoustics, Ch.1; Simple harmonic motion, frequency, 
		period, amplitude, sine function, Ch.2; Ex. 1.6-10; 2.1-5.

 2 Tu  8 S: Instantaneous phase, free vibrators, natural modes, multimode
		systems, Ch.2 and Ch.3; Ex. 2.6-9; 3.1-3.
 3 Th 10 S: Spectrum,resonance,adding waves, Ch.3; Ex.3.4-9.[Quiz 1, Chaps. 1, 2, 3]

 4 Tu 15 S: Transducers, electronic instrumentation, Ch.4; Ex. 4.2-9
		[Clicker points count beginning today.]
 5 Th 17 S: Sound waves in matter, polarization, speed of sound, 
		 Ch.5; Ex. 5.2-4, 5.6-7 [Quiz 2, Chapters 3, 4]

 6 Tu 22 S: Traveling waves in space and time, wavelength, Ch.5; Ex. 5.9-12.
 7 Th 24 S: Wave interference, beats, reflection, refraction, diffraction,
		Ch.6; Ex. 6.1-4, 6.6-8. [Quiz 3, Chapter 5]

 8 Tu 29 S: Standing waves, standing waves on strings, Ch.7; Ex.7.1-5, 8,10.
 9 Th  1 O: Standing waves in pipes, Ch.8; Ex. 8.1-6 [Quiz 4, Chapters 6, 7]

10 Tu  6 O: Fourier analysis, synthesis. periodicity again, Ch.9; Ex. 9.1-5,7.
11 Th  8 O: Sound radiation, intensity, sound level, decibels, Ch.10; 
		Ex. 10.1-8 [Quiz 5, Chapters 8, 9].

12 Tu 13 O: dB drill, Auditory anatomy and tuning, Ch. 10, 11; Ex.11.1-3
13 Th 15 O: Auditory physiology, cochlear tuning Ch. 11, Ex. 11.4-7
		[Quiz 6, Chapters 10, 11]

14 Tu 20 O: Pitch perception: place and timing Ch 13; Ex. 13.1-2
15 Th 22 O: Pitch perception: complex tones Ch.13 Ex. 13.3-5 
		[Quiz 7, Chapters 11, 13]

16 Tu 27 O: Walls-reflection,transmission,absorption, Ch.15; Ex. 15.6-9.
	The Rooms Experience. Meet in Room 10, Comm. Arts. Building.
17 Th 29 O: Room acoustics, reverberation Ch.15; Ex. 15.1-5.
		[Quiz 8, Chapters 13, 15]

18 Tu 3 N: Transducers Ch. 16; Ex. 16.1-7.
19 Th 5 N: Transducers, Loudspeakers, Ch.16, 19; Ex. 19.1-5 
		[Quiz 9, Chapter 15,16]

20 Tu 10 N. Distortion, Digital audio, Ch. 17,20; Ex. 17.4-6 
21 Th 12 N: Digital methods, Ch.20, Ex. 20.1-7.
		[Quiz 10, Chapter 16,19]

22 Tu 17 N: Vocal anatomy, speech sounds, Ch. 22; 
23 Th 19 N: Speech formants, spectrograms Ch.22; Ex.22.1-8
		[Quiz 11, Chapters 17,20]

24 Tu 24 N: Speech effects, singing Ch.22
.. Th 26 N: Thanksgiving

25 Tu 1 D: Brass instruments, Ch.23; Ex. 23.1-5.
26 Th 3 D: Woodwind instruments, Ch.24; Ex. 24.1-6. [Quiz 12, Chapters 22, 23]

27 Tu  8 D: String instruments, Ch.25; Ex. 25.1-5 
28 Th 10 D: Percussion instruments, Ch.26, Ex. 26.1-5. [Make-up quiz *]


Review session: Monday 14 December, Room 1415 8-10 pm

Final Exam: Tuesday 15 December, 10:00-noon. Comprehensive, 200 points.

Grading: 12 Quizzes, every Thursday starting 10 September and through 3 December

Each quiz is 40 points; drop the lowest score; 11 times 40 = 440 points.

Clickers: Clicker points accumulate from 15 September through 10 December.
      A correct answer gets you two points. An incorrect answer gets one.

                                           Scaled Clicker score =  60 points **

                                                         Final Exam = 200 points.

                                           Final grade:  Based on 700 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, and they all
count. The scaled clicker score weights these points to a maximum of 60.