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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438118303321

Autore

Hartmann William M

Titolo

Principles of Musical Acoustics / / by William M. Hartmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-6786-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, , 2192-4791

Disciplina

781.1

Soggetti

Acoustics

Neurobiology

Acoustical engineering

Engineering Acoustics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Sound, Music, and Science -- Vibrations 1 -- Vibrations 2 -- Instrumentation -- Sound Waves -- Wave Properties -- Standing Waves -- Standing Waves in Pipes -- Fourier Analysis and Synthesis -- Sound Intensity -- The Auditory System -- Loudness Perception -- Pitch -- Localization of Sound -- Sound Environments -- Audio Transducers -- Distortion and Noise -- Audio Systems -- Loudspeakers -- Digital Audio -- Broadcasting -- Speech -- Brass Musical Instruments -- Woodwind Instruments -- String Instruments -- Percussion Instruments -- Electronic Music.

Sommario/riassunto

Principles of Musical Acoustics focuses on the basic principles in the science and technology of music. Musical examples and specific musical instruments demonstrate the principles. The book begins with a study of vibrations and waves, in that order. These topics constitute the basic physical properties of sound, one of two pillars supporting the science of musical acoustics. The second pillar is the human element, the physiological and psychological aspects of acoustical science. The perceptual topics include loudness, pitch, tone color, and localization of sound. With these two pillars in place, it is possible to go in a variety of directions. The book treats in turn, the topics of room acoustics, audio both analog and digital, broadcasting, and speech. It ends with chapters on the traditional musical instruments, organized



by family. The mathematical level of this book assumes that the reader is familiar with elementary algebra. Trigonometric functions, logarithms and powers also appear in the book, but computational techniques are included as these concepts are introduced, and there is further technical help in appendices.