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Good Vibrations : The Physics of Music.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801897078
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Good VibrationsDDC classification:
  • 781.2
LOC classification:
  • QC231 .P37 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Sound and Sound Waves -- 1 Making Music: How Sound Is Made -- 2 The Sound of Music: Perception -- 3 Good Vibes: Waves in Motion -- II: The Building Blocks of Music -- 4 Making Music Beautiful: Complex Musical Tones -- 5 The Well-Tempered Scale -- 6 Down Melody Lane with Chords and Chord Sequences -- 7 "You've Gotta Have Rhythm": Rhythm and Types of Music -- III: Musical Instruments -- 8 Why a Piano Is Not a Harpsichord -- 9 The Stringed Instruments: Making Music with the Violin and the Guitar -- 10 The Brass Instruments: Trumpet and Trombone -- 11 The Woodwinds: Clarinet and Saxophone -- 12 The Most Versatile Instrument: The Singing Voice -- IV: New Technologies and Acoustics -- 13 Electronic Music -- 14 Making a MIDI Recording -- 15 The Acoustics of Concert Halls and Studios -- Epilogue -- Suggested Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Peppered throughout with anecdotes and examples illustrating key concepts, this invitingly written book provides a firm grounding in the actual and theoretical physics of music.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Sound and Sound Waves -- 1 Making Music: How Sound Is Made -- 2 The Sound of Music: Perception -- 3 Good Vibes: Waves in Motion -- II: The Building Blocks of Music -- 4 Making Music Beautiful: Complex Musical Tones -- 5 The Well-Tempered Scale -- 6 Down Melody Lane with Chords and Chord Sequences -- 7 "You've Gotta Have Rhythm": Rhythm and Types of Music -- III: Musical Instruments -- 8 Why a Piano Is Not a Harpsichord -- 9 The Stringed Instruments: Making Music with the Violin and the Guitar -- 10 The Brass Instruments: Trumpet and Trombone -- 11 The Woodwinds: Clarinet and Saxophone -- 12 The Most Versatile Instrument: The Singing Voice -- IV: New Technologies and Acoustics -- 13 Electronic Music -- 14 Making a MIDI Recording -- 15 The Acoustics of Concert Halls and Studios -- Epilogue -- Suggested Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Peppered throughout with anecdotes and examples illustrating key concepts, this invitingly written book provides a firm grounding in the actual and theoretical physics of music.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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