Parker, Barry R.

Good vibrations : the physics of music / Barry Parker. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. - vi, 274 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Making music : how sound is made -- The sound of music : perception -- Good vibes : waves in motion -- Making music beautiful : complex musical tones -- The well-tempered scale -- Down melody lane with chords and chord sequences -- You'vegotta have rhythm : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- Making music with the violin and guitar : the stringed instruments -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a midi recording -- Acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.

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Vibration.
Sound-waves.
Sound.
Wave-motion, Theory of.

QC231 / .P37 2009

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