The science of string instruments
By: Thomas D. Rossing, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781441971098
Subjects: Acoustics; Stringed instruments
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Thomas D. Rossing; title: Plucked strings / Thomas D. Rossing; title: Guitars and lutes / Thomas D. Rossing and Graham Caldersmith; title: Portuguese guitar / Octavio Inacio; title: Banjo / James Rae; title: Mandolin family instruments / David J. Cohen and Thomas D. Rossing; title: Psalteries and zithers / Andres Peekna and Thomas D. Rossing; title: Harpsichord and clavichord / Neville H. Fletcher and Carey Beebe; title: Harp / Chris Waltham; title: Burmese arched harp / Robert M. Williamson; title: Plucked string instruments in Asia / Shigeru Yoshikawa; title: Bowed strings / Thomas D. Rossing and Roger J. Hanson; title: Violin / Joseph Curtin and Thomas D. Rossing; title: Cello / Eric Bynum and Thomas D. Rossing; title: Double bass / Anders Askenfelt; title: Bows, strings, and bowing / Knut Guettler; title: Viols and other historic bowed string instruments / Murray Campbell and Patsy Campbell; title: The Hutchins-Schelleng violin octet after 50 years / George Bissinger; title: Hammered strings / Thomas D. Rossing; title: Some remarks on the acoustics of the piano / Nicholas Giordano; title: Hammered dulcimer / David Peterson; title: Electric guitar and violin / Colin Gough; title: Virtual string synthesis / Nelson Lee and Julius O. Smith.