Measured tones : the interplay of physics and music / Ian Johnston.

Why These and Not Others?Length of strings. Harmonious Intervals. Pythagoras. Pentatonic and Pythagorean Scales. Ptolemy. Boethius. Music and Scientific Method Medieval Music. Josquin. Copernicus. Kepler. Galileo. Vibrations. Pendulums and Strings. Consonance. Measurement of Frequency. Standards of...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Johnston, Ian (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken : CRC Press, 2009.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Subjects:	Music > Acoustics and physics.