Course detail

Acoustics and Sound - summer

FaVU-AAZ-LAcad. year: 2010/2011

Basic introduction to sound, music, musical instruments and rhythm. Minimal music theory including score. Lessons have the form of both listening seminars and practical instruments playing, along with rhythmic and breathing exercises. Use of the method of "Drum Circles". Music and sound improvisation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Pavel Fajt

Department

Section of AV technology (KAT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of digitalized work with sound.

Prerequisites

Ability of user work with PC and with the software necessary for the course.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit is awarded for the completion of an assigned task from the area of sound recording and sound editing.

Course curriculum

Basic introduction to sound, music, musical instruments and rhythm.
Minimal music theory including score. Lessons have the form of both listening seminars and practical instruments playing, along with rhythmic and breathing exercises.
Use of the method of "Drum Circles". Music and sound improvisation.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course acquaints the students with sound, its sources in the area of musical instruments, makes students familiar with a recording studio and teaches them about the work in it: sound recording and editing.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures are optional, seminar is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
- Acoustics and Sound - winter

Basic literature

Zdeněk Škvor, Akustika a elektroakustika,2002
Bohumil Geist, AKUSTIKA jevy a souvislosti v hudební teorii a praxi, Muzikus 2005
Barry Parker, Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music, The Johns Hopkins University Press, November 17, 2009
Lubomír Holzer, Celostní muzikoterapie, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 2009

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Fajt

Seminar

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Fajt

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Acoustics and Sound - summer

Type of course unit