Music, Math and Mind
(AV4000/fall-2021)
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week 1 [9/9]
welcome to the class! -- parameters of sound
week 2 [9/16]
math of pitch, scales, and harmony
plus special guest:
Ofer Tchernichovski
week 3 [9/23]
waves and harmonics
plus special guest:
David First
week 4 [9/30]
math in some musical structure
plus special guest:
Pedro Cortes
week 5 [10/7]
math of sound production and resonance
harmonics and the Fourier tramsform
week 6 [10/14]
special guest:
Ben Holtzman
week 7 [10/21]
neurophysiology of rhythm
neural mechanisms of emotion
week 8 [10/28]
ear physiology: how airwaves become sound
plus special guests:
Elizabeth Olson
Richard Einhorn
week 9 [11/4]
deep brain physiology of sound
week 10 [11/11]
neural mechanisms of emotion
week 11 [11/18]
animal sound, song and music [part 1]
------- thanksgiving ------- [11/25]
week 12 [12/2]
animal sound, song and music [part 2]
week 13 [12/9]
presentation of projects (part 1)
plus special guest:
Nima Mesgarani
week 14 [12/16]
presentation of projects (part 2)