6 episodes

The sound of silence - for iPad/Mac/PC The Open University

- Education

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.

- 19 AUG 2009
The sound of silence introduction

The sound of silence introduction

An introduction to The Sound of Silence
- 34 sec
- 19 AUG 2009
Transcript -- The sound of silence introduction

Transcript -- The sound of silence introduction

An introduction to The Sound of Silence
- 19 AUG 2009
- video
Waves and harmonics

Waves and harmonics

Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.
- 11 min
- 19 AUG 2009
Transcript -- Waves and harmonics

Transcript -- Waves and harmonics

Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.
- 19 AUG 2009
- video
Recreating sounds

Recreating sounds

We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone
- 10 min
- 19 AUG 2009
Transcript -- Recreating sounds

Transcript -- Recreating sounds

We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone