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H4 Music

Here are demonstrations of tuning and other musical concepts, and of various classes of musical instruments.

Articles
Image Title
H4-01: FOURIER SYNTHESIS
Demonstrate Fourier synthesis of complex wave shapes.
H4-04 FOURIER ANALYSIS - DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE
Demonstrates the Fourier spectrum of complex waves
H4-11 SAVART'S DISCS
Demonstrates the relationship of pitch and musical intervals to mechanical vibration frequency
H4-12: LISSAJOUS FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
Show how frequencies can be matched using Lissajous figures.
H4-13: PLAYING IN JUST INTONATION
Show musical intervals in just intonation.
H4-14: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - VOICE
Provide a Lissajous type display from a single vocal source.
H4-16: TUNER - KORG
Demonstrate use of an electronic tuner.
H4-17: AUDIOTAPE 16 MIN - MUSICAL TEMPERAMENT
Compare and contrast several historically important musical scale temperaments.
H4-18: LISSAJOUS FIGURES WITH SOUND
Demonstrate the relation between "consonance" (musical intervals) and frequency ratios.
H4-21: EDGE TONES
Illustrate edge tones and the factors that effect their sound.
H4-22: BOTTLE BAND
Demonstrate how edge tones and Helmholtz resonators can be used to create a bottle band.
H4-23: SOUND BOARD - TUNING FORK AND LECTURE TABLE
Demonstrate the effect of a sounding board.
H4-31: VIOLIN
Demonstrate some acoustical features of the violin.
H4-32: VIBRAPHONE
Illustrate how a vibraphone works.
H4-33: ORGAN PIPE
Illustrate how an organ pipe works.
H4-34: GUITAR AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Illustrate how a guitar works
H4-35: FRENCH HORN
Show what a French horn and other similar instruments, such as the French horn, look like.
H4-36: LIP-BLOWN TUBE
Determine the frequencies and harmonic numbers of the resonances in a plastic tube blown like a trumpet.
H4-37: FLEXIBLE TRUMPET
Demonstrate some acoustical features of the trumpet.
H4-38: CORNET
Demonstrate the features of a cornet.
H4-39: PLASTIC TUBE FLUTE
Show basic features of a very simple flute.
H4-40: PLASTIC TUBE CLARINET
Demonstrate how the clarinet overblows at a musical twelfth.
H4-41: DRUM
Demonstrate a pretty drum.
H4-42 RECORDER
Can hear the sounds of a recorder
H4-43: UKELELE
Music?
H4-51: MODULATION - AM AND FM
Demonstrate AM and FM signal modulation as an introduction to vibrato and tremolo.
H4-52: SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF MODULATION
Compare and analyze the frequency spectra of various modulated sounds such as tremolo, vibrato, and beats.
H4-53: MOOG ROGUE SYNTHESIZER
Illustrates a simple analog music synthesizer
H4-55: YAMAHA DX7S DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER
Demonstrate features of a modern digital synthesizer.
H4-56: SYNTHESIZER INTRODUCTION - VOLTAGE CONTROL OF FREQUENCY
Illustrate a voltage-controlled frequency device.
H4-58: MODULATION - AM RADIO
Show amplitude modulation in in AM radio signals.
H4-64: DISTORTION IN AUDIO AMPLIFIER
Demonstrate distortion due to over-driving an audio ampiflier.
H4-65: CROSSOVER NETWORK FOR SPEAKERS
Demonstrate the operation af a crossover network.
H4-66: CROSSOVER NETWORK - LARGE ADVENT
Show circuit and components of a passive crossover network and how the crossover network functions.
H4-67: CD WITH HOLE
See if a compact disc will play even if it has a small hole drilled through it.
H4-68: MP3 COMPRESSION
Play and compare various MP3 compressions of a short musical CD excerpt.
H4-71: AUDIOTAPE 20 MIN - ACOUSTICS FOR THE MUSIC EDUCATOR
Illustrate some principles of room acoustics as applied to music rehearsal rooms and concert halls.
H4-81: AUDIO CART - COMPLETE AUDIO SYSTEM
Show the various components of a reasonably modern audio system.
H4-91: COMPACT DISC - MULTIMEDIA SOUND
Demonstration of a number of audio effects and source of a variety of musical instrument and other sounds.
H4-92: AUDIO RECORDING - DIGITAL DOMAIN DEMONSTRATION CD
Examples of early digital sound reproduction.
H4-93: COMPACT DISC - SWITCHED-ON BACH
Musical illustration of seminal electronic music disc.
H4-94: AUDIOTAPE - VOICE OF THE COMPUTER
First full recording of computer-generated music, including the original Shepard's tones.
H4-95: AUDIOTAPE - NONESUCH GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Early recording of various electronic music effects.
H4-96: ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH SPECTROGRAM
Show spectrograms of electronic music
H4-97: COMAPCT DISC - CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Excellent example of early electronic music.

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