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Unit 1 Music Technology August 10th - August 19th, 2016
Objectives:
Review of rules and procedures
1. Students will understand sound generation and propagation
2. Sound generation on musical instruments
3. Medium and resonance
4. Basic hearing anatomy
Procedure - Agenda:
Discuss and define the elements of sound
Vocabulary:
compression 8 eardrum 14 propagation 8 ossicles 14 rarefaction 9 Eustachian tubes 15 compression wave 9 oval window 15 transverse wave 9 cochlea 15 resonance 12 basilar membrane 16 formants 13 organ of Corti 16 filters 13 temporal/ frequency theory 16 equalizers 13 place theory 16 pinna 14 music perception/ psychoacoustics 17 ear canal 14 music cognition 17
Essential Question:
Why is music technology an important area of study? What is sound?
Learning Goal: Students will understand the importance of understanding music technology. Students will understand what sound is and how we qualify and quatify sound.
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