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100 1 _aJohnston, Ian D.
_eauthor.
_9286150
245 1 0 _aMeasured tones :
_bthe interplay of physics and music /
_cby Ian Johnston.
264 1 _aBristol ;
_aPhiladelphia :
_bInstitute of Physics Publishing,
_c1989.
300 _axi, 397 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Reprinted with corrections 1993"--Verso t.p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 378-383) and index.
505 0 0 _tList of tables --
_tPrologue --
_g1.
_tWhy these and not others? --
_tLength of strings --
_tHarmonious intervals --
_tPythagoras --
_tPentatonic and Pythagorean scales --
_tPtolemy --
_tBoethius --
_g2.
_tMusic and scientific method --
_tMedieval music --
_tJosquin --
_tCopernicus --
_tKepler --
_tGalileo --
_tVibrations --
_tPendulums and strings --
_tConsonance --
_tMeasurement of frequency --
_tStandards of pitch --
_tInterlude 1: Brass instruments --
_g3.
_tThe harmonies of a mechanical universe --
_tMechanical forces --
_tEnergy --
_tOscillation theory --
_tMersenne's Laws --
_tBaroque music --
_tInstruments --
_tEqual temperament --
_tInterlude 2: The piano --
_g4.
_tOvertones of enlightenment --
_tNewton and the Age of Reason --
_tVisualization of oscillations --
_tOvertones --
_tHarmonic analysis and synthesis --
_tRameau and harmony --
_tEnd of the Enlightenment --
_tInterlude 3: The violin --
_g5.
_tOver the waves --
_tWave theory --
_tSpeed of sound --
_tWave properties: reflection, absorption, diffraction --
_tHuygens and Young --
_tStanding waves --
_tInterlude 4: Acoustics in architecture --
_g6.
_tThe romance of electricity --
_tThe Romantic movement --
_tStudy of electricity, Faraday --
_tAcoustics --
_tEnergy coupling and acoustic impedance --
_tMismatch theorem --
_tStanding waves in air columns --
_tInterlude 5: Woodwind instruments --
_g7.
_tSummertime in Heidelberg --
_tWagner and Helmholtz --
_tTheory of resonance --
_tWorking of the ear --
_tPitch recognition and discrimination --
_tPsycho-acoustics --
_tTheory of consonance --
_tInterlude 6: Percussion instruments --
_g8.
_tO brave new world --
_tCommunication devices: microphones, gramophones, valves, transistors --
_tEffect on music --
_tModern sound engineering: frequency response, transients --
_tTechnology --
_tInterlude 7: Electronic instruments --
_g9.
_tI think, therefore I am --
_tTheory of communication --
_tInformation --
_tComputers --
_tComputer composition --
_tInterlude 8: Sublimest of instruments, the voice --
_tEpilogue --
_gApp. 1.
_tMusical notation --
_gApp. 2.
_tLogarithms --
_gApp. 3.
_tMeasurement of pitch intervals --
_gApp. 4.
_tMeasurement of loudness --
_gApp. 5.
_tAcoustic impedance --
_gApp. 6.
_tPentatonic scales --
_tBibliography --
_tAccompanying web site --
_tIndex.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
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