The Physics of Musical Instruments

Fletcher, Neville H. & Rossing, Thomas D.

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ISBN 10: 0387941517 ISBN 13: 9780387941516

Published by Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991

Language: English

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620pp.incl.index; SC brwn.w/orange&white-pic.cover; slight rub w/spine sunned; clean,tight pgs. " .describes the results of acoustical investigations of most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music - .physical criteria for distinguishing a fine instrument from a mediocre one." equations, graphs, & illus.

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Title

The Physics of Musical Instruments

Publisher

Springer-Verlag, New York

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0387941517

ISBN 13

9780387941516

Binding

Paper Back

Edition

1st

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Very Good+

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While the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilization itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustical measurements. Indeed, for many musical instruments it is only within the past few years that musical acoustics has achieved even a reasonable understanding of the basic mechanisms determining the tone quality, and in some cases even major features of the sounding mechanism have only recently been unravelled. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations � intellectual and practical exercises of great fascination.

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"Essentially everything you have ever wanted to know about the physics of musical instruments" PHYSICS TODAY
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