What a wave( texte)

1. What is a standing wave

Continuous ? reflexion... longitudinal ? why do we care ? Standing waves with difference
freequences create different music note

2. Define « reflection’ the end is fixe and i twill reflect the wave and ‘interference’ the end is
open than relate it to a single wave
3. What do standing waves of different freguencies correspond to ? different notes
4.What are the end and the middle points of standing wave called
5.What is the SIMPLEST standing wave called ? one note more complex waves ? full wave
end 4 notes and 3 antinotes
How are they related ? number of harmonic . frequency

Standingwaves are the result of reflexion and intereference

A colse end will wave

History
Marin mersenne : harmonie universelle
1636 first personne to measure a frequency
Pytagoras :
1st experiment relating to waves
Isaac newton principa mathematica 1682
Published the first equation for wave motion
Exam :
Theater of epidaurus : who build it ?
Why it has perfect acoustics :
1.lime stone : explain
2.Semi circular
3.No roof
4.No flat surfaces
5.tone clay resonators
6. because there is a skene
Explain All senteces and tell why it make the theater of epiaurus perfect

ll- Intro to accoustics

Hz : frequency : number of oscillations per second of a wave
V : wavelengh
( : sinusoidal (transversal)
1/d²= inverse square law.
Sound oressure is not volume !
dB= decibel scale
 sensitive Ears : 1/1 000 000 000 air molecules, our ears detect a change in pressure
SPECTRUM : propagation . reverberation
Octave : doubling or having any fondamental frequency 100 H z

Romaneque VS Gothic : gothics cherches are taller than romantique, huge windows the
walls are thinner
Big fat walls, arc

Spectrum
Musisc stuff : chanting
1. Plain song( monophonic)
2. Gregorian ( duo phonic)

Organum__ »polyphonic

Franco-flemish school

Psycho acoustics

How you feeel, what you thing, what you do

Renaissance :

Italien théaters

Olimpica (vicenza)

Al’Antica (sabbioneta)

Royale théatre Druglane