PHYS 130 - Concepts of Music and Sound

3 Credit(s)

An introductory course which describes the basic physical principles of sound production, propagation, and perception and applies these principles toward an understanding of music. Topics include oscillations, wave motion, sound intensity, the ear and hearing, elemental ingredients of music, musical instruments, scales, and harmony. The course is designed for the musician and nonmusician alike and assumes no previous background in music, physics, or college mathematics.
Corequisite(s): PHYS 132 is not a corequisite.

(SAME AS SCI 130)