Physics 288/489: THE PHYSICS OF MUSIC   Fall, 2004

Lecture 23 (12/2)

Perception of musical pitch; pitch illusions.  Emotion with and without words in music.

Reading: Hall Chap 19

Demonstrations:

Huggins pitch (hearing a missing frequency in a complex waveform)

Virtual Pitch

Shepard Tones (in steps and in glissando)

Music Played:

Spike Jones: "The Man on the Flying Trapeze"

Franz Schubert: "Der Erlkoenig" (The Earl King), song based on Goethe poem