The sound of silence - for iPad/Mac/PC

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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.

Episodes

  1. 20/08/2009

    The sound of silence introduction

    An introduction to The Sound of Silence

    1 min

  2. 20/08/2009

    Transcript -- The sound of silence introduction

    An introduction to The Sound of Silence

  3. 20/08/2009 · VIDEO

    Waves and harmonics

    Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.

    11 min

  4. 20/08/2009

    Transcript -- Waves and harmonics

    Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.

  5. 20/08/2009 · VIDEO

    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

  6. 20/08/2009

    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

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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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