Project requirements
- Create and answer one short-answer question illustrating each of the following concepts.
- Write or type your questions and answers (including any necessary sketches) and submit them in a single document or .zip file to Canvas.
- Each numbered question in your submission should correspond to the appropriate concept in the list below. (For example: your submission’s #7 should address the “timbre” concept.)
Guidelines
- Show your work.
- The final exam is worth 12% of your final grade, so each of your 24 questions will be worth 0.5% of your final grade.
- Useful equations are included below. Please reach out ASAP with any questions!
Grading
Grading for each question (24 total) will be calculated as follows:
- 1 point possible per question:
- 4 point: Does the question effectively and correctly address the assigned concept?
- 4 point: Does the response fully and correctly answer the question?
- 2 point: Does the question adhere to the short-answer format, and is it numbered and submitted as requested (see “Project requirements”, above)?
Concepts
1.The “golden” ratio and/or the Fibonacci sequence
- Einstein’s E = mc2
3.The results of the application of a recursive rule
- The four primary methods of showing perspective
- Use of the equal loudness curves to determine perceived loudness
- Choose one: the “missing fundamental” concept, or the “just noticeable difference” concept
- Choose one: the “frequency masking” concept, or the “gap detection” concept
- The Pythagorean comma and its demonstration using stacked fifths and octaves
Just vs. Well vs. Equal-tempered tunings
Helpful equations:
d = vt
a2 + b2 = c2
SOHCAHTOA
(sin A) / a = (sin B) / b = (sin C) / c
c2 = a2 + b2 – 2 a b (cos C)
f = 1 / T
v = f λ
ÄdB = 20 log (P2 / P1)
(sin á) / c1 = (sin â) / c2
ácrit = sin -1 (c1 / c2)