Exploring music : the science and technology of tones and tunes
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Exploring music : the science and technology of tones and tunes
Institute of Physics Publishing, 1994, c1992
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Includes bibliography and suggestions for further reading (p. 249-250), and index
"Reprint with minor corrections"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Lavishly illustrated, Exploring Music: The Science and Technology of Tones and Tunes explains in a nonmathematical way the underlying science of music, musical instruments, tones, and tunes. The author explores the magical quality and science of music, facilitating pleasure and the understanding in both young and older readers. Based primarily on the highly successful series of Christmas lectures given by the author in 1989-1990 at the Royal Institution, this book contains an expanded version of what he demonstrated to live audiences in excess of 2,000 as well as over 10 million television viewers.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Sir John Meurig Thomas, FRS
Introduction
What is music?
The essence of an instrument
Science, strings and symphonies
Technology, trumpets and tunes
Scales, synthesizers and samplers
Reflection, reverberation and recitals
Appendices
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