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Physics of Musical Instruments (Incomplete) by Rossing T.D., Fletcher N.H. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Although 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. 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 tone quality, and in some cases even major features of the sounding mechanism have only recently been unraveled. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - intellectual and practical exercises of great fascination. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account the insights arising from recent research, and to generalize or clarify the presentation in many places.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rossing T.D., Fletcher N.H.
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Physics, Stem
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