Musical Acoustics

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The methodology used is defined by the following items:

a) exposure of the contents by the teacher using audiovisual
material; b) systematization of theoretical and practical knowledge:
resolution of issues and problems; c) laboratory experiments and
demonstrations in the classroom performed by the teacher and
students with specialized hardware and software.

Students may choose between two types of assessment: continuous/periodic assessment or exam.

The continuous/periodic assessment will focus on acoustic experiments and demonstrations, and class participation (50%) + test (50%).

The assessment by exam (100%) will be made through written and oral test (the latter, if the classification in the written test is between 7,5 and 9,4 values)

a) Recognize visually and aurally the various types of acoustic and electroacoustic musical instruments;
b) Know the constitution and mechanical and acoustic functioning of musical instruments;
c) Catalog musical instruments according to various classifications;
d) Understand the arrangement of instruments in the orchestra and other instrumental groups;
e) Identify musical repertoire within the scope of each instrument, covering various genres and musical groups;
f) Know the human auditory system and the hearing process, including the information processing mechanisms in the central nervous system;
g) Identify the physical and psychological characteristics of sound;
h) Know the benefits of binaural hearing.

The learning outcomes of this curricular unit are:

Musical instrument division systems
Module 1
1. Musical instrument: origin and definition.
2. Instrument classifications.
3. Orchestra and instrumental groups: arrangement of instruments.

Musical instruments
module 2
1. Percussion instruments (membranophones and idiophones).
2. String instruments (rubbed, plucked and key chordophones).
3. Wind instruments (aerophones – wood and brass).

Human auditory system, hearing process and sound perception
module 3
1. Peripheral auditory anatomy and physiology. Signal processing and the central auditory nervous system.
2. Sound perception (loudness, pitch and timbre).
3. Binaural hearing and localization

• - test - 50.0%
• - acoustics experiments and demonstrations and class participation - 50.0%

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