Psychoacoustics Wellness Unboxed
Introduction
Sound is something that we experience every day but its complex nature hides the beautiful math and hidden details that affect our psyche. In this project we will explore how sound works, how we as humans perceive it and how the production of sound in music affect our well-being, our understanding of the world and the choices we make on a daily basis.
Essential Questions?
What do you hear? What do you want to hear?
Can sound affect our emotions? Can it change our well-being?
How does sound shift our perspective and understanding of the world?
Timeline
Week 1
What is sound?
Introduction to sound via Audacity
Week 2
Auditory Perception Experiments with the Signal Generator.
UCSD Visitor-Dr. Victor Minces
What is music and what are types/genres of music?
Week 3
Designing an running a sound experiment with UCSD Tools
Introduction to Musical Scales as a tool to understand music and feeling
Introduction to “Sound Healing”
Metallophone Planning/Prototyping-IN MAKER SPACE
Week 4
Designing and Cutting Metallophone Pipes
Tuning Pipes to scale with UCSD “Listening to Waves” Spectrogram
Designing a “Sound Healing Experiment”
Week 5
Complete Design of Sound Healing Experiment
Continue building final Metallophone
Week 6
Creating Simple “Music” with your Metallophone for the experiment
Start “Sound Healing” Experiment
Week 7
Experiment Data Retrieval and Upload
Writing “Complex” Music for Exhibition
Week 8
Exhibition Prep and Exhibition
Products
Resources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/conservation-music-spreads-environmental-message-africa/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/04/11/why-does-music-feel-so-good/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6vIRmfoNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ogCVi0WqrQ
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZtQSswVsj3sewqrt-jGn6jEJODauKUedJ36G1BeHi0/edit#
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/youtube-playlist-pages/youtube-playlist-sound/
http://www.listeningtowaves.com/
Introduction
Sound is something that we experience every day but its complex nature hides the beautiful math and hidden details that affect our psyche. In this project we will explore how sound works, how we as humans perceive it and how the production of sound in music affect our well-being, our understanding of the world and the choices we make on a daily basis.
Essential Questions?
What do you hear? What do you want to hear?
Can sound affect our emotions? Can it change our well-being?
How does sound shift our perspective and understanding of the world?
Timeline
Week 1
What is sound?
Introduction to sound via Audacity
Week 2
Auditory Perception Experiments with the Signal Generator.
UCSD Visitor-Dr. Victor Minces
What is music and what are types/genres of music?
Week 3
Designing an running a sound experiment with UCSD Tools
Introduction to Musical Scales as a tool to understand music and feeling
Introduction to “Sound Healing”
Metallophone Planning/Prototyping-IN MAKER SPACE
Week 4
Designing and Cutting Metallophone Pipes
Tuning Pipes to scale with UCSD “Listening to Waves” Spectrogram
Designing a “Sound Healing Experiment”
Week 5
Complete Design of Sound Healing Experiment
Continue building final Metallophone
Week 6
Creating Simple “Music” with your Metallophone for the experiment
Start “Sound Healing” Experiment
Week 7
Experiment Data Retrieval and Upload
Writing “Complex” Music for Exhibition
Week 8
Exhibition Prep and Exhibition
Products
- Auditory Perception Experiment
- “Sound Healing” Experiment and Data Analysis
- Metallophone Installation with Music Scales for Therapy and Schools
- Song Created Using the Installation (For the Product Ad in Combination with Humanities)
- Sound Healing Experiment Website and Citizen Science Articulation
Resources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/conservation-music-spreads-environmental-message-africa/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/04/11/why-does-music-feel-so-good/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6vIRmfoNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ogCVi0WqrQ
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZtQSswVsj3sewqrt-jGn6jEJODauKUedJ36G1BeHi0/edit#
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/youtube-playlist-pages/youtube-playlist-sound/
http://www.listeningtowaves.com/