What is music?
Whenever the pressure of air is changed rapidly-by the beating of a drum, rattling a stick in a can, plucking a string stretched across a box-the ear-brain system detects the pressure changes as sound, which travels from source to listener as sound waves. This program examines sound waves: why some...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., INCA (LONDON) Ltd. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2005], c1989.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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Science and music (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: |
Whenever the pressure of air is changed rapidly-by the beating of a drum, rattling a stick in a can, plucking a string stretched across a box-the ear-brain system detects the pressure changes as sound, which travels from source to listener as sound waves. This program examines sound waves: why some sounds are musical and others just noise, and the relationship of regularity or irregularity of vibration to the perception of musicality, as well as such nonscientific questions as the cultural content of musical perception. |
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| Item Description: |
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Sept. 26, 2005. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Exploring the Science of Music (4:22) -- Bell Jar Experiment (2:20) -- Music with Instruments and MIDI (2:22) -- Pressure and the Human Ear (3:18) -- Human Wave Experiment (2:55) -- Sound Travels Through Wood (3:22) -- Nature of Sound and Music (2:34) -- Recognizing Patterns (4:28) -- Frequency and Pitch (5:21) -- Xylophone -- A Simple Instrument (3:39) -- Many Things Produce Musical Sounds (2:46) -- Music Recognition by Sight (4:57) -- Rhythm and Harmony (4:33) -- Pleasant and Unpleasant Sounds (3:00) -- Harmony in Context (3:53) -- Programming the Brain (3:31) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Whenever the pressure of air is changed rapidly-by the beating of a drum, rattling a stick in a can, plucking a string stretched across a box-the ear-brain system detects the pressure changes as sound, which travels from source to listener as sound waves. This program examines sound waves: why some sounds are musical and others just noise, and the relationship of regularity or irregularity of vibration to the perception of musicality, as well as such nonscientific questions as the cultural content of musical perception. 6 to 12. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
6 to 12. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |