Measured tones : the interplay of physics and music / / by Ian Johnston
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| Autore: |
Johnston Ian D.
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| Titolo: |
Measured tones : the interplay of physics and music / / by Ian Johnston
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2009 |
| Edizione: | Third edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 781.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Music - Acoustics and physics |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Prologue; Acknowledgments; About the author; Chapter 1: Why these and not others?; Chapter 2: Music and scientific method; Interlude 1: Brass instruments; Chapter 3: Harmonies of a mechanical universe; Interlude 2: The piano; Chapter 4: Overtones of enlightenment; Interlude 3: The violin; Chapter 5: Over the waves; Interlude 4: Acoustics in architecture; Chapter 6: The romance of electricity; Interlude 5: Woodwind instruments; Chapter 7: Summertime in Heidelberg; Interlude 6: Percussion instruments; Chapter 8: O brave new world |
| Interlude 7: Electronic instrumentsChapter 9: I think, therefore I am; Interlude 8: Sublimest of instruments, the voice; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Musical notation; Appendix 2: Logarithms; Appendix 3: Binary numbers; Appendix 4: Measurement of pitch intervals; Appendix 5: Measurement of loudness; Appendix 6: Acoustic impedance; Appendix 7: Pentatonic scales; Bibliography | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Most books concerned with physics and music take an approach that puts physical theory before application. Consequently, these works tend to dampen aesthetic fascination with preludes burdened by an overabundance of algebraic formulae. In Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston a professor of astrophysics and a connoisseur of music, offers an informal historical approach that shows the evolution of both theory and application at the intersection of physics and music. Exceptionally accessible, insightful, and now updated to consider modern technology and recent advances, the new edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling classic. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Measured tones |
| ISBN: | 0-429-18459-X |
| 1-4398-9467-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460737403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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