Music Signal and Audio Perception

This course gives a basic introduction to sound description and signal analysis, hearing mechanism (audiology), sound perception and music psychology.

This course forms the basic understanding of music as a signal and as a sound stimulus, understanding of the hearing mechanism and hearing function in addition to music perception and memory. Knowledge: The purpose is to make the student capable of - Understand the construction of music as an acoustical signal - Understand, analyze and describe music signal in the time and frequency domain - Understand the physiology and function of the hearing mechanism - Understand brain physiology concerning sound processing, experience and memory. Skills: This will give the student reasonable background to - Analyze and describe music as an acoustical/electrical signal - Describe links between sound stimulus and sound experience - Produce music formed to fill certain demands and constraints. General competence: The goal is to achieve - Understanding of music as an audio signal - Understanding of simple measuring methods and signal processing - Understanding of hearing as the primary sense for music experience.

Lectures and obligatory exercises.