Good vibrations : the physics of music /
Parker, Barry R.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2009.
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've gotta have rhythm" : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- The stringed instruments : making music with the violin and guitar -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a MIDI recording -- The acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.
Vibration.
Sound-waves.
Sound.
Wave-motion, Theory of.