Dr. Dan Boye , Spring 2000
Office: Dana 134
Phone: 892-2394
daboye@davidson.edu

Physics 115
Musical Technology

Course Syllabus
Performance Calendar
Homework Solutions

The class will attend Opera Carolina's production of Charles Gounod's Faust on March 30. Directions to the Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
 

Charles Gounod

(1818 - 1893)

 Biography 

Faust synopsis 

Supplementary Material:

JavaScripted Demonstrations and Exercises

SoundOut Physlet
 Doppler Effect Demo
PlotFunction Physlet
Superposition Physlet
Fundamental Statements of Fourier Analysis
Physiology of the Ear
Fletcher-Munson diagram
Calculation of Reverberation Time
Criteria for judging room acoustics
Computer Simulation of Concert Halls
Pipe Organ Diagram
vowels.wav

Books on reserve in library:
Musical Acoustics, Hall  

Links to bios of Famous Scientists involved in Acoustics:

Jules Lissajous Robert Hooke Blaise Pascal Heinrich Hertz
Isaac Newton Christian Huygens Christian Doppler Marin Mersenne
Joseph Fourier Hermann von Helmholtz Robert Moog Alexander G. Bell
Georg Ohm Michael Faraday James Watt Paul Klipsch

Links to acoustic information and companies:

Synthesis Methods Kaman Music Yamaha NYC Opera Links DVD Information DVD Specs More DVD Info
Martin Guitar Lissajous Demo San Francisco's Exploratorium Another Musical Acoustics Course Klipsch Horns Dolby Surround Sound  
Auditory Perception Dolby Labs Sony Lots of Acoustical Links Solen Electronique AudioTechnica Mikes  
Room Acoustics Flute History Recorder Homepage Pinnacle Speakers (Diaduct) Bose Neumann Mikes  

Music Search Engines:

Lycos Sound & Picture Search

Yahoo's Music Search Page