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	Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Physics of Music and Musical Instruments covers the physics of waves, sound, music, and musical instruments at a level designed for high school physics.
		The material will be most useful for high school physics teachers and for high school physics students who have neither a background in waves nor in music but who desire a firm foundation in both.
		Most books written on the topic of musical acoustics tend to be either very theoretical or very cookbook style.
	www.tufts.edu /as/wright_center/physics_2003_wkshp/book.htm (222 words)

	Musical acoustics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Musical acoustics or music acoustics is the branch of acoustics concerned with researching and describing the physics of music — how sounds employed as music work.
		Examples of areas of study are the function of musical instruments, the human voice (the physics of speech and singing), computer analysis of melody, and determination of stylistic parameters in compositions and performances.
		Most sound that people recognize as "musical" is dominated by periodic or regular vibrations rather than non-periodic ones (called a definite pitch), and we refer to the transmission mechanism as a "sound wave".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Physics_of_music (1640 words)

	Musical acoustics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a very simple case, the sound of a (A wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve) sine wave, which is considered to be the most basic model of a sound waveform, causes the air pressure to increase and decrease in a regular fashion, and is heard as a very "pure" tone.
		The rate at which the air pressure varies governs the (The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second)) frequency of the tone, which is also measured in oscillations per second, or (The unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second) Hertz.
		The combination of composite waves with short fundamental frequencies and shared or closely related partials is what causes the sensation of (The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords) harmony.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/musical_acoustics.htm (1400 words)

	COLOUR MUSIC IN THE NEW AGE: De-mystifying De Maistre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Musical pitch then increased note by note up the scale, paralleled by a similar movement of colour through the spectrum, ended with violet-equals-G. Scientifically, this created a sequence in which the frequencies, or vibrational rates, of both light and sound progressively increased.
		A heightened musical effect is achieved by raising G to G sharp, immediately before the climactic keynote of A, and the formal consequence is a change of key to A harmonic minor - the type of minor key that predominated in De Maistre's time, as it has for the last two hundred years.
		In music, it's very clear, such things as the accumulation of sound, the dispersal of sound, the ebb and flow, the rise and fall, the contrasts and harmonies are arranged according to certain principles.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~colmusic/maistre.htm (3395 words)

	Physics with music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The coverage of physics approximates over the four years of the programme to the full three-year physics course so that students will be able to go on to make careers as fully qualified physicists if they so wish.
		The combination of physics and music would also be attractive to other spheres, for instance in broadcasting and recording organisations.
		Members of the physics staff actively involved in music help with the integration of the music and physics components and in liaison with the Royal College of Music.
	www.union.ic.ac.uk /arts/orchestra/physics.htm (540 words)

	The Physics of Music
		"Physics of Music" at the University of Maryland
		"Physics of Music" at the University of Rochester
		"Physics of Music" at the University of Michigan
	www.mc.edu /campus/library/physics_of_music.htm (290 words)

	Physics of music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		students in the University's Physics of Music course have spent the semester...
		$27.95 Eger is music director of the Symphony for the United Nations and principle guest conductor of the Central Philharmonic Orchestra in...
		The Physics and Psychophysics of Music : An Introduction
	hallencyclopedia.com /Physics_of_music (1658 words)

	Physics of Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Physical differences, namely timbre and tone, in these waveforms allow human ears to discern different instruments playing the same frequency of note.
		All acoustic musical instruments use the same principles to move from one note to the next and to tune.
		Future directions and applications for the study of the physics of music lie with electronic reproduction of sound.
	www.dfbills.com /portfolio/phy/physicsomusic8.html (289 words)

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		However the underlying physical processes for a hose wave and a sound wave are completely different.
		Music is a conglomerate of sound waves at different frequencies.
		Physics (or at least my knowledge thereof) doesn't have a lot more to add beyond this point.
	www.silcom.com /~aludwig/musicand.htm (1859 words)

	Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Physics majors choose from a sequence of courses that can give them excellent preparation for graduate school, industrial research, secondary teaching or professional studies such as engineering, law and medicine.
		The physical laws governing energy transformations, the effects of energy consumption on a finite resource base and the impact of energy use in a closed environment will be examined.
		One such topic is physics of solids: crystal structure, lattice vibrations, band theory and electrical conduction in metals and semiconductors.
	www.csbsju.edu /catalog/1998-2000/programsofstudy/physics.htm (1716 words)

	Physics 107 Physics of Music - Education
		The Physics of Music is the study of sound with emphasis on music - although you do not have to be a musician to enjoy the course.
		The course deals with the physics, psychology, physiology and esthetics of sound and is based on solid laboratory experiments.
		PHYSICS OF SOUND -- ACOUSTICS - pure tone, pitch, loudness, quality, combination of pure tones, beats, dissonance, harmony, the time elements - attack, dwell, decay, duration, period; time-amplitude-frequency distributions; the sound sources - strings, pipes, membranes, plates, rods and the human voice; the transmission, absorption, reflection, refraction, diffraction and scatter of sound.
	www.physics.arizona.edu /~bickel/107education.html (696 words)

	Physics, Physics Essays, Physics Term Papers, Physics Research Papers
		Physics Investigation: Investigating how the height of a runway affects the average speed of a trolleyDetectClonePlanning:DetectCloneAimDetectCloneThe aim of this experiment is to show how the height of a ramp from which a trolley rolls down will affect it...
		Physics and Music Since sound is the medium of music, most of the physics of music is the physics of sound.
		The Physics of Flight One of the most novel forms of physics is that of aerodynamics, the study of flight and the effects of gases over an airfoil.
	www.essaymart.com /?p=search&q=Physics (874 words)

	Physics of Music- Introduction
		The UVM Physics department is pleased to offer "The Physics of Music and Musical Instruments" in Spring, 2005., This course is open to all students at UVM.
		Music is a special and wonderful manifestation of sound.
		Once we have mastered the basic concepts, we will look at the acoustic charactistics of wide variety of musical instruments, including bells, viols, reeds, drums, human voices, and organ pipes, to see how these instruments work and to see what makes each of their musical tones distinctive and unique.
	www.uvm.edu /~mmsander/music/pom_intro.html (312 words)

	physics of music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When you're trying to find from ill-advised physics of music suggestions and support so it's best to know ways of moderating the information you are given.
		A great hint to follow The fastest way to determine who owns the physics of music when you are presented with web site is to find the sites 'about' page.
		This may show you the people behind the site physics of music authority The easiest way to work out who is at the back of the physics of music web site is to look on the 'about' page or the sites 'contact' page.
	www.pergola-news.info /physics/physics-of-music.htm (261 words)

	Albion College Physics Courses
		In this course, we will explore the physical basis of the three necessary components of music production: the instrument that produces the tones, the transmitting medium that conveys the tones between locales, and the listener who perceives the tones.
		The basic ideas of physics in a historical and philosophical framework to give the student insight and appreciation of physics of this century and how physics relates to our contemporary society.
		The physics of modern urban and environmental problems with respect to their causes, effects and possible cures.
	www.albion.edu /physics/courses.asp (696 words)

	Physics - Biography - AOL Music
		Physics was a San Diego-based collective heavily indebted to German minimalism, from the electronic trances of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream to the hypnotic repetition of Krautrockers like Can, Neu!
		Physics' early live gigs found them jamming on the same single, droning chord for the duration of the performance.
		In 1997, Physics issued a self-titled compilation of recordings from the past three years on local indie Flapping Jet; by this time, the core membership consisted of Goff, Soares, Crow, Coad, Chapman, bassist/synth player Will Goff, and -- sometimes -- synth player Pea Hicks (who worked with Crow in Optiganally Yours).
	music.aol.com /artist/physics/289589/biography (489 words)

	Music and Physics to Unite in Duke Presentation
		The free presentation is sponsored by Duke's physics and music departments as one of a semester-long series of events at the university as part of "World Year of Physics 2005." World Year of Physics 2005 is a United Nations-endorsed international celebration of physics highlighting the discipline's vitality and its importance in the new millennium.
		The pair will combine words, music and a slide show to review Einstein's life and accomplishments as well as his love of music (Einstein was an accomplished violinist) as a springboard for exploring the world of fundamental particles.
		Their musical lecture will describe both the successes and uncertainties in scientists' current understanding of these particles that make up the universe.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2005/10/einstrings.html (398 words)

	Musical Scales and Intervals
		The ear is sensitive to ratios of frequencies (pitches) rather than to differences in establishing musical intervals.
		The term musical interval refers to a step up or down in pitch which is specified by the ratio of the frequencies involved.
		For example, the octave 2:1, fifth 3:2, and fourth 4:3 are presumed to be universally consonant musical intervals because most persons in any culture or period of history have considered them to be pleasing tone combinations and have built musical compositions around them.
	hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/music/mussca.html (479 words)

	Musical Instruments - Internet Resources
		The ASA is the premier scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.
		The first year physics course at University of Indiana devotes an entire section of the course to a discusssion of the physics of music.
		This project is about the computational modeling of music cognition with an emphasis on the temporal aspects of music perception and music performance such as rhythm, timing and tempo.
	www.glenbrook.k12.il.us /gbssci/phys/projects/yep/music/muinet.html (1930 words)

	MIT World » : The Sounds of Music
		Lewin invites children from the audience to produce sounds with their musical instruments, and shows the amplitude and frequency of the tones.
		Physics Professor Walter H. Lewin is well-known at MIT for his lectures on both Newtonian mechanics and electricity and magnetism.
		Lewin received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics in 1965 at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, and has been a member of the MIT Physics faculty since 1966.
	mitworld.mit.edu /video/168 (506 words)

	[Finale] Physics in music
		I am acutely aware of the physics involved in music - always, albeit at a subconscious level that some might describe as trivial.
		It is a also a matter of psycho-acoustics that leads those who want to write "non-harmonic" music to eschew powerful bass notes whose overtones are in the most sensitive part of human hearing so that they tend to lead the listener to hear harmony.
		To me, that's physics too, and ignorance of it would not improve my music.
	www.mail-archive.com /finale@shsu.edu/msg08141.html (134 words)

	News - Physics, music theory programs 'lead the world'
		Clyfe Beckwith, chair of the physics department, says the strong showing of Andover students is a result of highly motivated and talented students, a faculty that’s passionate about teaching adolescents, an extensive and rigorous curriculum, and state-of-the-art facilities.
		Of the 1,083 students in the school, 69 took the Physics Mechanics C exam and 69 took the Physics Electricity and Magnetism C exam in May 2004.
		In addition, two of the course offerings prepare for the AP Physics “C” exam, an exam that requires familiarity with calculus techniques; one is a year-long, three terms, introductory course, the other a two term, accelerated pace course for students who have demonstrated mastery of an algebra based college level physics course.
	www.andover.edu /news/physics.htm (463 words)

	Good physicists make good musicians
		Music and physics seem like disciplines on the opposite ends of a spectrum.
		At Cornell, the physics department in Clark Hall is home to a substantial chunk of the university's musicians -- including, perhaps most notably, David Mermin, the Horace White Professor of Physics, former director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, and pianist.
		Music is putting patterns together, he adds, just as in physics where scientists seek meaning out of diverse phenomena -- "but you could say the same thing for lots of things.
	www.news.cornell.edu /stories/Aug06/physics.music.html (658 words)

	Music And Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Physics of Music at California State University Northridge From a Pure Tone Amplitude of a sine...
		February 24, 2004 Wendy Carlos At Brown University her major was a hybrid of music & physics, encouraged by a professor who established the then-new field of bio-physics.
		I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning.
	physicsmusic.fetsphysics.com /musicandphysics (942 words)

	Physics Of Music - Dan Myer Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Music therapy is now an established health service similar to occupational therapy and physical therapy.
		Music therapists use music to facilitate changes that are non-musical in nature.
		Music therapy is a health care branch dedicated to the use of music for physical and emotional improvement....(Continue Reading)
	www.danmyersmusic.com /physics-of-music.html (158 words)

	Music Acoustics UNSW
		Physics and music have been closely related for thousands of years.
		The art and the science of music acoustics are presented on this site, in musician-friendly format, as is some of our research work in music science.
		One is to investigate physical effects involved in players' performance on woodwind instruments.
	www.phys.unsw.edu.au /music (234 words)

	Physics Today On The Web - Cover Story
		It is as though Mother Nature knew in advance that her offspring would walk around the planet listening to portable music through headphones.
		The coupler between the ear canal and the microphone is a cavity tuned to have the input acoustical impedance of the middle ear.
		Bill Hartmann is a professor of physics at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan (hartmann@pa.msu.edu; http://www.pa.msu.edu/acoustics).
	www.aip.org /pt/nov99/locsound.html (5002 words)

	Frequency, Wavelength, and Pitch
		(See Octaves and Diatonic Music and Tuning Systems for more on naming specific frequencies.) These notes do have definite frequencies (Have you heard of the "A 440" that is used as a tuning note?), but musicians usually find it easier just to use the note names.
		For younger students, the "Strings Instruments" and "Wind Instruments" activities in Sound and Music give children a chance to create higher and lower pitched sounds.
		For older students, there are more advanced handouts and worksheets in Talking about Sound and Music that cover acoustics concepts, including frequency, wavelength, and pitch.
	cnx.rice.edu /content/m11060/latest (553 words)

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