ZD_07 Musical acoustics and electroacoustics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 N41, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should identify basic aspects of 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, genesis and transmission of electro-acoustic music signal, specifics of spreading of electro-acoustic signal in a space.
Literature
    required literature
  • KURFÜRST, Pavel. Základy hudební akustiky. první. Brno: MU Brno, 2000, 41 pp. ISBN 80-210-2333-3. info
    recommended literature
  • SYROVÝ, Václav. Hudební akustika. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2003, 427 s. ISBN 8073319012. info
  • ŠKVOR, Zdeněk. Akustika a elektroakustika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2001, 527 s. ISBN 8020004610. info
  • 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 consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 70 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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