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This foundational text is written for students who want to go beyond the perceptual stage of music to learn how musical sound is created and perceived. It includes over 300 diagrams, photographs, and tables. Each chapter concludes with questions, problems, and projects, in addition to references for further study.--Provided by publisher.

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Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
422

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Sound, Musical instruments, Music, Acoustics and physics, Recording and reproducing, Architectural acoustics, Construction, Music, acoustics and physics, SCIENCE / Physics
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Table of Contents

Part 1, The nature of sound. The art and science of music ; Vibrating systems ; Transverse waves ; Longitudinal waves ; Sound transmission ; Resonance, beats, and the Doppler effect ; Diffraction and interference
Part 2, Hearing and harmony. Harmonics and wave combinations ; Sound intensity and hearing ; Perception of loudness ; Vibrating strings ; Vibrating air columns ; Vibrating bars, plates, and membranes ; Musical intervals and scales ; Combination tones and aural harmonics
Part 3, Musical instruments. Stringed instrument design ; Stringed instruments ; Wind instruments ; Brasses and the human voice ; Percussion instruments
Part 4, Electronic sound systems. High-fidelity sound reproduction ; Transducers ; Sound recording and transmission ; Electronic music ; Stereophonic sound
Part 5, Acoustical architecture. Reflection, absorption, and reverberation ; Acoustical parameters ; Architectural design
Appendix I. Basic physical principles
Appendix II. Logarithms and powers of ten
Appendix III. Absorption and coefficients.

Edition Notes

Reprint. Previously published: Philadelphia : Saunders College/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1980.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-417) and index.

Series
Dover books on physics, Dover books on physics
Other Titles
Science of musical sound

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Dewey Decimal Class
781.2
Library of Congress
ML3805 .W44 2014, ML3805

The Physical Object

Pagination
422 pages
Number of pages
422

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OL27167078M
ISBN 10
0486779343
ISBN 13
9780486779348
LCCN
2013049049
OCLC/WorldCat
866616294

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