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by Harry F. Olson
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ISBN: 0486217698 Dover Publications Price: $15.95 |
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This extraordinarily comprehensive text, requiring no special background in physics, math or music, discusses the nature of sound waves, musical instruments, musical notation, acoustic materials, elements of sound reproduction systems — from the telephone to stereo sound systems — and electronic music. "Very thorough, and full of well-presented facts." — Musical Times. Includes 376 figures.
Table of Contents for Music, Physics and Engineering
| 1 Sound Waves | |||||||
| 2 Musical Terminology | |||||||
| 3 Musical Scales | |||||||
| 4 Resonators and Radiators | |||||||
| 5 Musical Intruments | |||||||
| 6 Characteristics of Musical Instruments | |||||||
| 7 Properties of Music | |||||||
| 8 "Theater, Studio, and Room Acoustics" | |||||||
| 9 Sound-reproducing Systems | |||||||
| 10 Electronic Music | |||||||
| Index |