Parker, Barry R. <br/><br/>
Good vibrations :  the physics of music / 
Barry Parker. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2009. 
 - vi, 274 p. :  ill., music ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801892646 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801892643 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008054589 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vibration.<br/>Sound-waves.<br/>Sound.<br/>Wave-motion, Theory of.<br/>Music--Acoustics and physics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC231  / .P37 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.2