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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456853503321

Autore

Parker Barry R

Titolo

Good vibrations [[electronic resource] ] : the physics of music / / Barry Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8018-9707-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

781.2

Soggetti

Vibration

Sound-waves

Sound

Wave-motion, Theory of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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've gotta 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.