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Good vibrations : the physics of music / Barry Parker.

By: Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.Description: vi, 274 p. : ill., music ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801892646 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801892643 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.2 22
LOC classification:
  • QC231 .P37 2009
Contents:
Introduction -- Making music : how sound is made -- The sound of music : perception -- Good vibes : waves in motion -- Making music beautiful : complex musical tones -- The well-tempered scale -- Down melody lane with chords and chord sequences -- You've gotta have rhythm : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- Making music with the violin and guitar : the stringed instruments -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a midi recording -- Acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QC231 .P37 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001138311

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Making music : how sound is made -- The sound of music : perception -- Good vibes : waves in motion -- Making music beautiful : complex musical tones -- The well-tempered scale -- Down melody lane with chords and chord sequences -- You've gotta have rhythm : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- Making music with the violin and guitar : the stringed instruments -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a midi recording -- Acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.

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