Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale

• Main Author: Sethares, William A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Biomathematics.; Acoustics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Engineering, general.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions ofconsonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This alsorelates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scalesthan others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have importantimplications fo...