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Name: Sound, Physics, and Music
ID: m11060
Language: English (en)
Summary: For middle school to adult, an overview of the relationship between musical instruments and the physics of sound.
Keywords: acoustics, amplitude, dynamics, frequency, harmonics, music, pitch, strings, wavelength
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.4 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 2.2 (history)
Created: Feb 24, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Revised: May 4, 2004 9:43 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.7 Mar 29, 2006 10:10 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Redid figure and links
Version: 2.6 Jun 2, 2005 2:40 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
broke into smaller modules and revised extensively
Version: 2.5 May 23, 2005 9:11 am GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update to cnxml-0.5
Version: 2.4 Sep 10, 2004 2:24 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Breaking into smaller modules.
Version: 2.3 Aug 13, 2004 11:45 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added Flash videos
Version: 2.2 May 4, 2004 9:43 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones Currently viewing this version.
Changes: 
Redid figures, added PDF files of handouts, and added links.
Version: 2.1 Oct 2, 2003 10:52 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added Links
Version: 2.0 Feb 24, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module

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