Embedded Files
Useful terms (for searching online and in databases)
Frequency
Pitch
Notes
Octaves
Musical Scales
Sound Waves
Background information
Start with these reference sources to get an introduction to your topic.
- Britannica Online (user: maret password: frogs)
- World Book (user: maret password: frogs
Online databases
Online databases
Science Online: This database includes a science dictionary, accessible from the homepage. It also includes explanations and articles on various scientific topics. (user: maret password: frogs)
Science in Context: This database brings together encyclopedia articles and reference sources with magazine and newspaper articles, added daily. (password: frogs)
Today's Science: This database brings together recent newspaper and magazine articles about scientific topics, and also includes a scientific encyclopedia. (user: maret password: frogs)
BrainPOP Movies
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We learn a lot about our surroundings thanks to sound. But... what is it exactly? Sound, that is. What is sound? And how does it travel? And what is this Doppler Effect that we've heard so much about? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini goes over some of the basics (and some of the not so basics) of the Physics of Sound.
Making observations about historical and current musical instruments may provide insights about how their design affects their ability to create the sounds. Using Google Image Search, take a look at versions of the instrument you are trying to create/recreate. What do you notice?
Frequency, Pitch, and Intervals: an excerpt from an online textbook that breaks down these terms and includes some charts and graphics to help explain the difference between and relationships between these terms.
This article about the evolution of musical instruments through the ages may have some hints you can put to use in your instrument design. (From Inside Science)
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