The Science of Musical Sound Volume 1: Stringed Instruments, Pipe Organs, and the Human Voice /

• Main Author: Bennett Jr., William Ralph (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morrison, Andrew C. H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Acoustics.; Acoustical engineering.; Music.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Engineering Acoustics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.

This textbook is a product of William Bennett's work in developing and teaching a course on the physics of music at Yale University to a diverse audience of musicians and science students in the same class. The book is a culmination of over a decade of teaching the course and weaves together hi...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Chapter 1: Wave Motion
• Chapter 2: Spectral Analysis and Fourier Series
• Chapter 3: Plucked Strings
• Chapter 4: The Struck String
• Chapter 5: Violins and Bowed Strings
• Chapter 6: The Voice
• Chapter 7: Pipe Organs
• Appendix A: The Harmonic Oscillator
• Appendix B: Vibrating Strings and Membranes
• Appendix C: Fourier Analysis
• Appendix D: The Well-Tempered Scale
• Solutions
• References
• Index.