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**N.B.: Last day to drop course with consent of instructorTuesday March 25, 2014



Week Sessions Day Date/Deadline Lecture Topic/ On-line Task Comments
Unit #3 26-33 Pipes and The Human Voice
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Mar23
LG Project #2 due (60 points)

9 26 F Mar 21 Lecture 26Sound in Pipes
Topic: The standing waves in pipes
26i F Do by Mar 21 Complete WebCT Vista Module Wk 10
iTopic: The shape of pipes
10 27 M 24** Lecture 27Clarinet and other closed pipes
Topic: the effect of closed pipes
28 W 26 Lecture 28Flutes and Flue Pipes
Topics: Cylindrical open pipes
29 F 28 Lecture 29Brass Instruments
Topic: How brass instruments play
29i F Do by Mar 28 Complete WebCT Vista Module Wk 11
iTopic: Introduction to the Human Voice
11 30 M Mar 31 Lecture 30Human Speech
Topic: The secrets of phonation
31 W Apr 2 Lecture 31Singing Voice
Topic: The physics of singing
32 F 4 In-class Activity 33: Voice Spectrograms
Task: Analyze real time vocal sounds
33x M 7
In-class Exam Unit #3 (100 points)
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12 33i M Do by Apr 4 Complete WebCT Vista Module Wk 12on-line

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*NB: Final exam is at 8:00 a.m., not at the regular class time. Note carefully the day of the week.
Missing the final exam may cause you to fail the course!

Week Sessions Day Date/Deadline Lecture Topic/ On-line Task Comments
Unit #4 34-43 Percussion, Synthesizers, Digital and
Computer Music

12 34 W 9 Lecture 34Percussion/unpitched
Topic: the sound of beaten things
35 F 11 Lecture 35Percussion continued

13 36 M Apr 14 Lecture 36Percussion/pitched
Topic: getting pitch out of drumming
37i W Do by Apr 16 Complete WebCT Vista Module Wk 13on-line
iTopic: Percussion
37 W 16 Lecture 37Synthesizers
Topic: electronic instrumentation
38 F 18 Lecture 38Analog Recording and Playback
(Good Friday)
Topic: Recording media
14 39 M Apr 21 Lecture 39Analog Recording and Playback
Topic: Recording media
40 W 23 Lecture 40Digital Recording
Topic: How digital recording works
41 F 25 Lecture 41Live Sound
Topic: How do you control live sound?
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Apr 27
LG Major Project due today (200 points)
Use on-line forms; submit via e-mail BB to TA
41i F Apr 25 Complete WebCT Vista Module Wk 14on-line
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15 42 M Apr 28 Lecture 42MIDI/Computer Music
Topic: What is MIDI and how does it work?
43 W 30 Lecture 43 Summing upthe Coda

43i W Do by May 1 Complete WebCT Assessments 3 and 4
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-- F May 2 Reading Day No class
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44x F May 9 Final Exam
8:00 10:00 a.m. (300 points)
Location: Lyceum
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Study Aids> Practice Tests>Final Exam
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