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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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Prologue; Acknowledgments; About the author; Chapter 1: Why these and not others?; Chapter 2: Music and scientific method; Interlude 1: Brass instruments; Chapter 3: Harmonies of a mechanical universe; Interlude 2: The piano; Chapter 4: Overtones of enlightenment; Interlude 3: The violin; Chapter 5: Over the waves; Interlude 4: Acoustics in architecture; Chapter 6: The romance of electricity; Interlude 5: Woodwind instruments; Chapter 7: Summertime in Heidelberg; Interlude 6: Percussion instruments; Chapter 8: O brave new world.; Interlude 7: Electronic instrumentsChapter 9: I think, therefore I am; Interlude 8: Sublimest of instruments, the voice; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Musical notation; Appendix 2: Logarithms; Appendix 3: Binary numbers; Appendix 4: Measurement of pitch intervals; Appendix 5: Measurement of loudness; Appendix 6: Acoustic impedance; Appendix 7: Pentatonic scales; Bibliography. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-404) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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 Pitch. Interlude 1. Brass Instruments Harmonies of a Mechanical Universe Mechanical Forces. Energy. Oscillation Theory. Mersenne's Laws. Baroque Music. Instruments. Equal Temperament. Interlude 2. The Piano Overtones of Enlightenment Newton and the Age of Reason. Visualization of Oscillations. Overtone. | ||
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