VHK_07 Acoustics of Music

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 9. 15:50–16:35 N41, Fri 18. 10. 15:50–16:35 N41, Fri 22. 11. 15:50–16:35 N41, Fri 6. 12. 15:50–16:35 N41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should know basic terms concerning acustics, sound, waves, tunning and acustical characteristics of individual instruments.
Syllabus
  • Topics: Music instruments as acoustic sources
  • frequency normal and its development
  • Pythagoras tuning, physical tuning, damped and undamped resonator
  • sensor acoustics
  • mutual relation of sound, tone, noise and din
  • radiation diagrams of music instruments
  • resonance effect
  • masking of tone
  • acoustical units their importance and usage.
Literature
  • KURFÜRST, Pavel. Organologie (propedeutika, exemplifikace) (Organology). 1st ed. Hradec Králové: Georgius, 1998, 379 pp. ISBN 80-902548-02. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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