Music is Physics




			Music is Physics received the multimedia Moëbius Prize Québec-Canada 1999, Science Category, as part of the Science Club series.

Music is Physics

Enter the world of the gypsies and let your mind dance to the sounds of their music!

Living with Sound

Sound can inform us, amuse us and even annoy us.But what is sound? Can we see it? Discover what it is about sound that gives it such variety and makes music possible.

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		How Sound Waves Travel Does sound travel faster through air or through water, through a solid or a liquid? Learn about the propagation of sound waves and its effects.




	What is Acoustics? Acoustics is a science used in many activites that would seem to have nothing to do with sound. Discover how doctors, sailors, prospectors and engineers all use acoustics in their work.

Concert Halls Architects who specialize in acoustics have to take all kinds of factors into account.

Hear how musical excerpts sound in different halls and even design your own concert hall!

The Human Ear

The ear looks like a simple opening with a strange shape around it; but it is actually one of the most complex organs in the human body. Without the ear we could not hear sounds, but it sometimes plays tricks on us. Find out how.

The Scale

The notes of the musical scale are a little like the letters of the alphabet : we combine them in different ways to make every possible melody. Watch them come to life and reveal their secrets.

Musical Instruments

The sounds of music are usually produced by instruments that all have something in common. Tour the world of musical instruments.

Stories and Legends The gypsies who inspired the imagery of this program have been telling musical legends for centuries. Let these stories take you into their world.

Learning Objectives

· Become aware of sound : noise, silence, music

· Develop an understanding of sound and its connection to music

· Learn about the uses of acoustics in various sciences and in the design of concert halls

· Find out how the human ear reacts to sound

· Examine the relationship between the shapes of various instruments and the sounds they produce

· Explore sound waves

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CyberEditor is an integrated page-editing tool for creating reports, albums and science projects. With CyberEditor, students can paste in anything from the CD-ROM - text, drawings, photographs, and even films - and personalize their documents with their own text and images. They can print out their reports in color or convert them to slide shows right on the computer screen!

A richly varied CD-ROM

· over 100 scientific concepts in music, acoustics and anatomy

· 20 minutes of musical excerpts

· 20 minutes of narration with animation

· short films

· interactive activities

· a lexicon

· a quiz with over 80 questions

· a detailed PDF (Portable Document Format) user guide

· an acoustics word game




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