Podcasts by The sound of silence - for iPad/Mac/PC
Why does each musical instrument have its own unique sound? What exactly distinguishes a guitar from a fiddle? Follow the story as we find out exactly how a musical note is produced and how to create the sound of silence. This material forms part of The Open University course MU120 Open mathematics.
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Transcript -- The sound of silence introduction from 2009-08-20T04:44:08
An introduction to The Sound of Silence
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Waves and harmonics from 2009-08-20T04:43:09
Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.
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Transcript -- Waves and harmonics from 2009-08-20T04:43:08
Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.
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Transcript -- Recreating sounds from 2009-08-20T04:42:08
Transcript -- We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone
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Transcript -- Recreating sounds from 2009-08-20T04:42:08
Transcript -- We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone
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Transcript -- Recreating sounds from 2009-08-20T04:42:08
We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone
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