For courses in Physics of Sound/Music.
Using a hands-on and experimental approach, this book incorporates developments in digital audio technology-including consumer products-into a firm foundation of the physics of sound. Selected topics are interesting to a broad audience, with many applications of sound and waves beyond strictly musical applications. No background in physics, mathematics, or music is required.
(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Summary, Questions, Problems, and References.)
1. Simple Harmonic Motion and Applications
2. Waves and Sound
3. Standing Waves and the Overtone Series
4. Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Waves
5. Electronic Music and Synthesizers
6. The Human Ear and Voice
7. Sound Recording and Reproduction
8. Room and Auditorium Acoustics
9. Musical Temperament and Pitch
10. Woodwind Instruments
11. Brass Instruments
12. String Instruments
13. The Piano
14. Percussion Instruments
Appendix A: Elementary Music Theory
Appendix B: Terms and Units
Appendix C: Prefixes with Common Units
Glossary of Terms
Index
