The Ear and Music
The Ear and Music
[NOTE that this print is badly faded (heavy in red) but the original A,B&C rolls rolls are OK] Fade in on Dr. Kent setting up audio equipment and preparing to lecture on the ear. Super titles: The Conn Corp presents: The Scientist gives a music lesson: The Ear and Music; cutaway drawing of the ear mechanism as the narrator explains the way the ear hears sounds. CU human eye as dilated iris contracts. Detail of cells in the ear generating electrical impulses. Chart shows piano keyboard on horizontal scale and vertical scale of intensity of sound. Threshhold of hearing is illustrated. Masking is explained and illustrated. Organist plays sample of masking. Variety of ears shown, followed by audiometer test of hearing. Chart continues. Normal music passage played on tape recorder. Change in sensitivty is illustrated. Loudness level contour chart illustrates. High intensity music played. Reduced intensity level. 76 trombones will not be twice as loud as 38 trombones, and illustrated. Sngle note is played, and Stroboconn unit illustrates stationary level. Musical staff, illustrating tones played. Pitch drops one octave as complex tone is synthesized. Second tone, with more components, drops pitch 2 octaves. Loudness depends on intensity. Frequency illustated. Timbre is shown and illustrated. Attack and release are shown. Organ examples. Reversed tones are played. Flute stops shown. Dynamics changed. Several examples played and listened to. Timbre variations from spring stops shown. Tones are shown in patterns, as cornet tones are analyzed on the equipment. Return to drawing of ear cutaway, and end summary montage. Variety of notes. School band plays Sousa march on stage over end credits. 650' 16mm sound color print (but faded!--see original A,B,C rolls for unfaded footage) on gray metal Taylor reel in 800' brown plastic mailing case. Frink (FFV 3) has GOOD A,B and C rolls, out and overs, mag and optical tracks, script and ancillary materials. On preview cassette #97504