PHYS 021 - Physics of Music

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Physical World. Class of 2009 & prior only. Freshman seminar. This seminar will be an experimental inquiry into physics of music. The concepts of simple harmonic oscillation, damping, coupling, resonance, and harmonic analysis will be applied to a laboratory study of selected musical instruments, the voice, and rooms. Attention will be given to driving mechanisms, instabilities, sound radiation, transients, harmonic series. This course cannot be taken for credit by a student who has already received credit for PHYS 008, 009, or any physics course numbered 100 or greater.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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