Sound, Physics, and Music

1.  Simple Harmonic Motion
    1.1  Application to sound
    1.2  Lissajous figures
    1.3  The simple vibrator

2.  Waves and Sound
    2.1  Transverse and longitudinal Waves
    2.2  Basic phenomena and properties of waves
    2.3  Addition of waves

3.  Standing Waves & the Overtone Series
    3.1  Transverse standing waves
    3.2  Resonance and the overtone series
    3.3  Longitudinal standing waves

4.  Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Waves
    4.1  Synthesis of complex waves
    4.2  Fourier analysis and Fourier spectra
    4.3  Analysis of tone quality
    4.4  Resonance curves and musical sound production
    4.5  Synthesizers

5.  The Human Ear and Voice
    5.1  Peripheral auditory system
    5.2  Place theory of hearing
    5.3  Hearing loss
    5.4  Anatomy of the vocal tract
    5.5  Vocal formants

6.  Room and Auditorium Acoustics
    6.1  Criteria in acoustical design
    6.2  Problems in acoustical design
    6.3  Control of reverberation
    6.4  Noise as a special problem

7.  Musical Temperament & Pitch
    7.1  Background and historical perspective
    7.2  Equal temperament
    7.3  Common intervals found in the equal tempered scale

8.  Woodwind, Brass, String, and Percussion Instruments
    8.1  History of woodwind instruments
    8.2  Recorders
    8.3  Sound production in brass instruments
    8.4  Theory of bowed instruments
    8.5  Percussion instruments