Physics of Music Physics 121

Griffioen Fall 1994

Vocabulary 4

Chapters 6 and 8 in Hall

Quiz 9 November 1994

auditory canal
ossicles
eardrum
oval window
basilar membrane
cochlea
just noticeable difference (pitch and loudness)
phons
Fletcher-Munson Diagram (Fig 6.12)
transients
square wave
pulse train
sawtooth
triangular wave
noise
Fourier's theorem for periodic waveforms
Fourier's theorem for non-periodic waveforms
periodic
non-periodic
Fourier spectrum
Ohm's law of hearing
place theory of hearing
critical band
tremolo (this is just AM, amplitude modulation)
vibrato (this is just FM, frequency modulation)
harmonic series

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