Course:PHYS341/2018/Calendar

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January 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 2 3
Lecture 1:
Nature of Sound
(Ch.1)
4 5
Lecture 2:
Vibrations
(2.1-2.4,2.6)
6
7 8
Lecture 3:
Waves I
(3.1-3.5)

Self-study for Q1

9 10
Lecture 4:
Waves II
(4.1-4.4)
11 12
Lecture 5:
Sound transmission
(5.1-5.6)

Quiz 1

13
14 15
Lecture 6:
Resonance and beats
(6.1-6.5)

Self-study for Q2

16 17
Lecture 7:
Spectra and sonograms
Bring your laptop
18 19
Lecture 8:
Diffraction and interference
(7.1-7.5)

Quiz 2

20
21 22
Lecture 9:
Complex Tones
Ch.8 (not parts about phase)

Self-study for Q3

23 24
Lecture 10
Intensity, Noise
9.2-9.6 (minus the math)
25 26
Lecture 11
Perception I
Quiz 3
27
28 29
Lecture 12
Perception II

Choosing a project topic
Self-study for Q4

30 31
Lecture 13
Vibrating Strings I

February 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
Lecture 14
Vibrating Strings II

Quiz 4
Prj choice due

3
4 5
Lecture 15
Vibrating Air Columns I

Self-study for Q5

6 7
Lecture 16
Vibrating Air Columns II
8 9
Lecture 17
Vibrations of Plates, Introduction

Quiz 5

10
11 12 13 14
Lecture 18

Wiki Project
HowTo

15 16
Midterm
Self-study questions
Covers all material to date
Bring one hand-written page of notes
(both sides OK) Solution file:
File:Phys341MT2018 sol.pdf
17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26
Lecture 19
Scales I

Self-study for Q6

27 28
Lecture 20
Scales II

March 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
Lecture21
Combination Tones

Quiz 6

3
4 5
Lecture22
Plucked strings - Lute Family

Self-study for Q7

6 7
Lecture23
Bowed strings - Violin Family
8 9
Lecture 24
Acoustic wood

Quiz 7

10
11 12
Lecture 25
Pianos and harps

Self-study for Q8

13 14
Lecture 26
Brasswind
Bass trombone demonstration
Chris Addison
15 16
Lecture 27
Woodwind

Quiz 8
Draft due
17:00

17
18 19
Lecture 28
Peer-review process explained
Percussion

Self-study for Q9

20 21
Lecture 29: Visit to Anechoic Chamber
Xiao demonstration
Yang Lan
22 23
Lecture 30
Alan Thrasher
ethnomusicologist
24
25 26
Lecture 31
Electronic Music

File:PHYS341Final2017.pdf
Peer review
due 17:00

27 28
Lecture 32
Quiz 9
Architectural Acoustics
29 30

April 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
Lecture 33
Human Voice
5 6
Lecture 34
Review and finale
Project due
17:00
7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19
CEW available
Hennings 336
20
Final Exam
19:00
IBLC 261
Covers all course material

Bring one hand-written page of notes
(both sides OK)

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