Physiological, Psychological and Musical Acoustics

Lecturer:

Zdeněk Otčenášek (gar.)

Tutor:

Zdeněk Otčenášek (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Radioelectronics

Synopsis:

Anatomy of the hearing organ, hearing theory, hearing field, loudness, masking, pitch of sound, temporal tresholds, distortion in the hearing organ, adaptation, fatigue and impairment of hearing system. Binaural hearing, objective and subjective properties of musical signals, statistical and dynamical analysis. Perception of simple tones and complex sounds, consonancy and dissonancy. Psychoacoustics of transmission of the musical signal. Methods of psychoacoustic measurements, their validity, repeatability. Planning and realization of listening tests, methods of statistical analysis of results, interpretation.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Roederer, J. G. (1995): The Physics and Psychophysics of Music. New York, Spinger-Verlag.

Hall, D.E. (2002): Musical Acoustics. Pacific Grove, Brooks/Cole.

Fletcher, H.H.&Rossing, T.D. (1991): The Physics of Musical Instruments. New York, Spinger-Verlag.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured combined studies (compulsory elective course)