Physics 121: Physics of Music

Griffioen; Fall 1995

Vocabulary 4

Chapters 6 (17) and 14 in Hall; the ear and the voice

Quiz: 9 November 1995

auditory canal
ossicles
eardrum
oval window
basilar membrane
cochlea
just noticeable difference (pitch and loudness)
phons
sones
Fletcher-Munson Diagram (Fig 6.12)
Ohm's law of hearing (pg. 137) 
place theory of hearing
critical band
masking
combination tones
tremolo (this is just AM, amplitude modulation)
vibrato (this is just FM, frequency modulation)
harmonic series
vocal folds
formants
Bernoulli effect

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