Fundamental Acoustics 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171ZAK1 | ZK | 2 | 2T | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
This course explains the basic events and concepts of physical, spatial and musical acoustics.
Mode of study
Contact instruction
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Basic knowledge of math and physics.
Course contents
1.Oscillation and its basic dimensions
- dampened and non-dampened oscillations, resonance
- Compostion of oscillations, harmonic tones, spectrum
- Wave in point order and its basic dimensions
- Gradual longitudinal and transverse waves
- wave reflection, interference, rise of standing longitudinal and transverse waves
- Spatial waves, plane and spherical waves
- Wave spread in gas, liquid and solid environments
- Huyghen's principle, wave spread around a barrier, reflection and bending waves
- The Doppler principle, boundary conditions, Chladni patterns
- Basic acoustic dimensions and their interpretation.
- Excursions to non-echoic locations, their use and physical properties.
Recommended or required reading
V. Syrový: Hudební akustika, AMU 2003, kap. 1,2,7
V. Syrový, Malý slovník základních pojmů z hudební akustiky a hudební elektroniky, AMU 2001
Assessment methods and criteria
Active in the course.
Note
none
Further information
This course is an elective for all AMU students
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Composition (Bc) (required optional subject)
- Music Directing (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Sound Design (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)