Sound : a very short introduction / Mike Goldsmith.

Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments? In this book Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in diffe...

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Main Author: Goldsmith, Mike, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 451.
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Summary:Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments? In this book Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in different contexts, covering the audible and inaudible, sound underground and underwater, acoustic and electric, and hearing in humans and animals. He also considers the problem of sound out of place - noise and its reduction.--
Physical Description:xvi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.
ISBN:9780198708445
0198708440