SCIENCE OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (Popular Science) - Hardcover

Rossing Thomas D

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9789810241582: SCIENCE OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (Popular Science)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9810241585 ISBN 13: 9789810241582
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

Percussion instruments may be our oldest musical instruments, but only recently have they become the subject of extensive scientific study. This book focuses on how percussion instruments vibrate and produce sound and how these sounds are perceived by listeners.

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Review

"It forms a very nice survey work on an entire class of musical instruments..." -- American Journal of Physics, Sept 2001

"This book would be valuable to a music library as well as for the accoustical scientific community ..." -- The Percussionist, 2001

"What singles this book out is the sheer diversity of instruments covered... this is a very welcome book." -- Nature, 2001

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Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9810241585
ISBN 13 
9789810241582
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Rating
  • 3.67 out of 5 stars
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