The Science of Musical Sound Volume 1: Stringed Instruments, Pipe Organs, and the Human Voice

The Science of Musical Sound Volume 1: Stringed Instruments, Pipe Organs, and the Human Voice / by William Ralph Bennett Jr. ; edited by Andrew C. H. Morrison.

This textbook is a product of William Bennett’s work in developing and teaching a course on the physics of music at Yale University to a diverse audience of musicians and science students in the same class. The book is a culmination of over a decade of teaching the course and weaves together histori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennett Jr., William Ralph (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Morrison, Andrew C. H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Acoustics.
Acoustical engineering.
Music.
Vibration.
Dynamical systems.
Dynamics.
Otorhinolaryngology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1: Wave Motion
  • Chapter 2: Spectral Analysis and Fourier Series
  • Chapter 3: Plucked Strings
  • Chapter 4: The Struck String
  • Chapter 5: Violins and Bowed Strings
  • Chapter 6: The Voice
  • Chapter 7: Pipe Organs
  • Appendix A: The Harmonic Oscillator
  • Appendix B: Vibrating Strings and Membranes
  • Appendix C: Fourier Analysis
  • Appendix D: The Well-Tempered Scale
  • Solutions
  • References
  • Index.

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