Sound, physics and music

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Talking about sound and music

1 Transverse and longitudinal waves

1.1 Presenting these concepts in a classroom

1.2 Waves in students

1.3 Jumpropes and slinkies

2 Frequency, wavelength, and pitch

2.1 Ideas for introducing these concepts in the classroom

3 Sound amplitude and musical dynamics

The physics and math of intervals and tuning

Musical intervals, frequency, and ratio

1 Harmonic series

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Physics, harmonics and color

1.3 The harmonic series

1.4 Brass instruments

1.5 Playing harmonics on strings

2 Powers, roots, and equal temperament

3 Tuning systems

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Tuning based on the harmonic series

3.3 Pythagorean intonation

3.4 Mean-tone system

3.5 Just intonation

3.6 Temperament

3.7 Well temperaments

3.8 Equal temperament

3.9 A comparison of equal temperament with the harmonic series

3.10 Beats and wide tuning

3.11 Further study

Standing waves and instruments

Standing waves and musical instruments

0.1 What is a standing wave?

0.2 Standing waves on strings

0.3 Standing waves in wind instruments

0.4 Standing waves in other objects

1 Standing waves and wind instruments

1.1 Introduction

1.2 What makes the standing waves in a tube

1.3 Harmonic series in tubes

1.4 Basic wind instrument tube types

1.5 Further reading

Source: OpenStax, Sound, physics and music. OpenStax CNX. Jan 06, 2005 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10261/1.1

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