Musical mathematics
Subtitle: on the art and science of acoustic instruments
By: text and illustrations by Cris Forster
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 956
ISBN-13: 9780811874076
Description: Author, composer, and builder Cris Forster illuminates the mathematical principles of acoustic music, offering practical information and new discoveries about both traditional and innovative instruments. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David R. Canright; title: Mica mass; title: Plain string and wound string calculations; title: Flexible strings; title: Inharmonic strings; title: Piano strings vs. canon strings; title: Bars, rods, and tubes; title: Acoustic resonators; title: Simple flutes; title: The geometric progression, logarithms, and cents; title: Western tuning theory and practice; title: World tunings; title: Original instruments; title: Building a little canon