Description
A study of the science of musical sounds, pitches, scales, and harmonies, and the scoustical and mathematical science that governs their relationships and behavior within a given key. The course includes a study of elementary acoustics, and the expression by numerical ratio between the tones of intervals commonly used in music compostion, as well as the frequencies contained in the first sixteen partials of the overtone series. The international 440 Hz frequency as the pitch of "A" will be used. Also included in the course are studies of vibration, intensity and amplitude of sound, measured in units of decibels. The science of "timbre" will be studied. The course also covers the mathematical and scientific rudiments of rhythm, meter, time, and rhythm relationships and notation. covers all areas of Major and Minor scales, triads, key signatures and intervals, with emphasis on the scientific and mathematical relationships of these factors. Offered in the Fall semester only. Prerequisites