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Name: Acoustics for Music Theory
ID: m13246
Language: English (en)
Summary: For adults, a short review of the physics underlying music theory.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: acoustics, frequency, music, pitch, sound
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.11 (history)
First publication date: Aug 5, 2005 1:38 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Oct 1, 2011 3:10 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.13 Mar 27, 2013 1:26 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
removed broken link
Version: 1.12 Jan 18, 2013 7:02 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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updated links
Version: 1.11 Oct 1, 2011 3:10 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones Currently viewing this version.
Changes: 
link to blog
Version: 1.10 Mar 11, 2011 10:37 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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removed from survey
Version: 1.9 Apr 12, 2010 10:27 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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linked to survey
Version: 1.8 Jan 4, 2010 2:10 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Added Google analytics code
Version: 1.7 May 9, 2007 10:23 am -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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changed wavetypes image to look better in PDF
Version: 1.6 Mar 20, 2007 10:36 am -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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added outline eps and svg files
Version: 1.5 Jul 26, 2006 9:16 am -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added and altered some text, altered some links.
Version: 1.4 May 19, 2006 10:53 am -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Changed figure three and added more information on what sound is.
Version: 1.3 Feb 22, 2006 9:45 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Changed noise definition and displacement figure to conform with engineering terms.
Version: 1.2 Jan 19, 2006 8:49 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Added svg files
Version: 1.1 Jan 10, 2006 2:17 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module

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