Week 1

 

Hello World!!

My name is Laura, and I am a Music Education major at West Chester University. 

Class Notes

Science of Sound 

- Made up of:

  • Perceptual Properties- how we label the acoustical properties.
  • Acoustical/physical properties
- Frequency (Hz):rate of oscillation of an object (cycle per second); the way an object vibrates. 
  • Pitch is the perceptual property of frequency. 
  • Humans can perceive 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
- Amplitude (Decibels):measure of the magnitude of the oscillations. 
  • Volume is the perceptual property of amplitude. 
- Envelope of sound
  • How sound changes over time: attack, sustain, decay, release
  • Articulation is the perceptual property of envelope.
- Harmonic spectrum: presence of overtones within a sound
  • Timbre is the perceptual property of harmonic spectrum. 
Synthesizers and Their Use in Making Music
- Robert Moog: created the Minimoog, a synthesizer used in the age of progressive rock (Yes, Rush, Bob Marley, Chick Corea)
- Orchestral composers also used the synthesizer- Wendy Carlos: "Switched on Bach", and Tomita's remake of Holst's Planet Suite. 

Sound Trap
-Mixing tool for recorded or synthesized tracks

Class Activities

  • Created this blog and went through options to personalize the blog and the format, and also insert links, videos, and pictures. 
  • Creating Canon in D in Soundtrap app and went through different synthesizer sounds and edits. We also went over how to create a drum beat in the beats maker. 

Reflection

  • Personally, I think this blog site is pretty straightforward and easy to navigate and personalize. This would be a great tool to use to send your students and colleagues asynchronous readings. I like how you can embed links, videos, and pictures so the readers can expand their resources as they are reading the information you are providing.
  • I had a lot of fun experimenting with the soundtrap app. I have tried to create beats in it before, but this lesson offered more clarity on navigating the app more easily. I like the diverse range of sounds that are available, even on the free version. This can be a great tool to introduce to your students to give them compositional opportunities without having to necessarily be well-rounded in notation. 






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