The sound of silence - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes
The Open University
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.
Transcript -- Understand how a musical note is made up by plotting amplitude against time.
We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone
Transcript -- We take a trip to the Anglia polytechnic university of music theory to see if we can recreate the sound of a saxophone