HVK_07 Acoustics of Music

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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.
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
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2024/HVK_07/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin + 8 hodin individuálních konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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