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IACMA - International Advanced Course on Musical Acoustics
Detailed program of the Course
The program here specified could be modified. Please, contact the Secretary
in case you need any special further information.
All lectures start at the scheduled time. Each lecture will be 45 minutes
long, and will be followed by a coffee break (15 min).
Monday 18: Fundamentals of acoustics and Wind
instruments
Morning:
Lecturer:
Mico Hirschberg (NL)
 | 9-10 Fundamental of acoustics: 1D wave propagation |
| 10-11 Fundamentals: basic definitions in acoustics |
| 11-12 2D and 3D propagation |
| 12-13 Non linear acoustics |
(13-15) Lunch
Afternoon:
Lecturer:
Murray Campbell (UK)
| 15-16 Wind Instruments: flute instruments and pipes |
| 16-17 Wind Instruments: brasses |
| 17-18 Wind Instruments: woods |
International Conference (18.00 -19.00)
Concert (19.15)
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Tuesday 19: Vibration and fundamental of Modal Analysis
and Percussion Instruments
Morning:
Lecturer:
Ana Barjau (SP)
| 9-10 Transverse vibrations of ideal strings: wave equation |
| 10-11 Vibration of rods and Real strings: half way between ideal strings and rods |
| 11-12 Transverse vibrations of ideal membranes: wave equation |
| 12-13 Vibration of plates; Modal Analysis: Experiments |
(13-15) Lunch
Afternoon:
Lecturer:
Thomas Rossing (USA)
| 15-16 Percussion instruments of the World |
| 16-17 Modal analysis: methods and results |
| 17-18 Nonlinear effects in cymbals, gongs, and steelpans |
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Wednesday 20: String Instruments. Restoration
and conservation of Musical Instruments
Morning:
Lecturer:
Benoît Fabre (F)
| 9-10 String Instruments: Fundamentals |
| 10-11 Plucked Instruments |
| 11-12 Bowed Instruments |
| 12-13 Piano and related Instruments |
(13-15) Lunch
Afternoon:
Lecturer:
Anne Houssay (F)
| 15-16 Restoration of Musical Instruments: An overview |
| 16-17 Acoustics for violinmakers: theory and practice |
| 17-18 The experience at la Cité de la Musique |
Concert (21.00)
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Thursday 21: Sound synthesis and physical methods
applied to Musical Instruments
Morning:
Lecturer:
Vesa Välimäki (FIN)
| 9-10 Introduction to digital sound synthesis |
| 10-11 Virtual analog synthesis |
| 11-12 Sound synthesis using physical models |
| 12-13 Waveguide synthesis of musical instruments and Virtual Musical Instruments |
(13-15) Lunch
Afternoon:
Lecturer:
Matthias Bertsch (A)
Malte Kob (D)
| 15-16 Singing Voice: measurements and models |
| 16-17 Physical methods applied to Musical acoustics: theory |
| 17-18 Some experience of measurements on Instruments |
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Friday 22: Room acoustics and advanced experiments
Morning:
Lecturer:
Octávio Inácio (P)
Lamberto Tronchin (I)
| 9-10 Fundamentals of Room Acoustics: definitions |
| 10-11 Room Acoustics and the relation with the performance |
| 11-12 Measurements for performers and listeners |
| 12-13 Some experiences on Room Acoustics |
(13-15) Lunch
Afternoon
Lecturer:
Angelo Farina (I)
Lamberto Tronchin (I)
| 15-16 Room acoustics and Auralisation: theory and experiments |
| 16-17 Real-time measurements on string instruments and virtual sound |
| 17-18 Further experiments. |
Party (21.00)
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