Week 4: Pitch, Consonance and Dissonance

Rhythmic Cycles

• Jesu, Joy of Man' Desiring: What rhythmic cycles?
• Africa
• Appalachian Spring

• Demonstration of frequency space
• Synthesis of a Trumpet Tone
• Synthesis of a Square Wave
• Synthesis of a Complex Wave
• Further Info

Harmonics and Natural Modes of Vibration:

• Slow Mo String
• Rope Demo
• 2D Surfaces are different!
  • Super Slow Mo Cymbal
  • 2D Modes of Vibration

• Range, pitches of strings
• How are notes played?
• What's natural / what's awkward?

10 MINUTE BREAK

• Picture of the Cochlea
• Cochlea Unrolled
• Bark Scale
• Sine Wave Dissonance Demo

Consonance & Dissonance of Intervals

• Show Harmonics Processing Patch!
• Importance of context

• Analyze chord intervals at the board

Temperament A Video

Review Homework