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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