TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnston,Ian D.
TI  - Measured tones: the interplay of physics and music 
SN  - 0852742363
AV  - ML3805 .J63 1989
U1  - 781.1 
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Bristol, Philadelphia
PB  - Institute of Physics Publishing
KW  - Music
KW  - Acoustics and physics
N1  - "Reprinted with corrections 1993"--Verso t.p; Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-383) and index; List of tables --; Prologue --; 1; Why these and not others? --; Length of strings --; Harmonious intervals --; Pythagoras --; Pentatonic and Pythagorean scales --; Ptolemy --; Boethius --; 2; Music and scientific method --; Medieval music --; Josquin --; Copernicus --; Kepler --; Galileo --; Vibrations --; Pendulums and strings --; Consonance --; Measurement of frequency --; Standards of pitch --; Interlude 1: Brass instruments --; 3; The harmonies of a mechanical universe --; Mechanical forces --; Energy --; Oscillation theory --; Mersenne's Laws --; Baroque music --; Instruments --; Equal temperament --; Interlude 2: The piano --; 4; Overtones of enlightenment --; Newton and the Age of Reason --; Visualization of oscillations --; Overtones --; Harmonic analysis and synthesis --; Rameau and harmony --; End of the Enlightenment --; Interlude 3: The violin --; 5; Over the waves --; Wave theory --; Speed of sound --; Wave properties: reflection, absorption, diffraction --; Huygens and Young --; Standing waves --; Interlude 4: Acoustics in architecture --; 6; The romance of electricity --; The Romantic movement --; Study of electricity, Faraday --; Acoustics --; Energy coupling and acoustic impedance --; Mismatch theorem --; Standing waves in air columns --; Interlude 5: Woodwind instruments --; 7; Summertime in Heidelberg --; Wagner and Helmholtz --; Theory of resonance --; Working of the ear --; Pitch recognition and discrimination --; Psycho-acoustics --; Theory of consonance --; Interlude 6: Percussion instruments --; 8; O brave new world --; Communication devices: microphones, gramophones, valves, transistors --; Effect on music --; Modern sound engineering: frequency response, transients --; Technology --; Interlude 7: Electronic instruments --; 9; I think, therefore I am --; Theory of communication --; Information --; Computers --; Computer composition --; Interlude 8: Sublimest of instruments, the voice --; Epilogue --; App. 1; Musical notation --; App. 2; Logarithms --; App. 3; Measurement of pitch intervals --; App. 4; Measurement of loudness --; App. 5; Acoustic impedance --; App. 6; Pentatonic scales --; Bibliography --; Accompanying web site --; Index
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