Physics of Music at California State University Northridge

From a Pure Tone


Amplitude of a sine wave

To

The Indian Bell Song from Lakmé




                          This 45 second  "voiceprint" sung by Robin Briceno shows  the harmonic spectrum as a function of time. The vertical axis is frequency and the horizontal axis is time.  Made using SpectraFoo.
                           Learn  about the sound of music and the music of sound in Physics 305

  

Physics 305 On-Line Syllabus

Any non-CSUN student can take Physics 305OL through the Open University at CSUN. Go to
http://www.csun.edu/exl
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