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• catalog contributor b1862751.
• catalog created "c1987.".
• catalog date "1987".
• catalog date "c1987.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1987.".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. 271-273.".
• catalog description "List of figures -- List of tables -- List of photos -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Antal Dorati -- Why and how, an explanation for the reader -- pt. I. The concepts of motion, vibration and waves -- Prologue -- 1. About motion -- Describing motion -- Location -- Speed and velocity -- Acceleration -- Understanding motion : force and energy -- Force -- Energy -- Energy conversion -- Summary -- 2. Periodic motion : vibration and oscillation -- Location-time table -- Period and frequency -- Amplitude -- Plotting oscillations -- Shapes of oscillations -- "Adding" oscillations -- Nothing out of something -- More about adding oscillations -- Representing kinks -- Summary -- 3. Waves -- Traveling waves -- Standing waves -- Transverse and longitudinal waves -- Characterizing waves : frequency and wavelength -- Relating frequency and wavelength by the speed of propagation -- Damped waves -- Waves at a boundary -- The waves we know -- Diffraction -- Summary -- pt. II. The sound getting to you -- 4. Propagation of sound waves -- Loudness -- Scaling -- Dependence of sound energy on distance -- The speed of sound -- The sonic boom -- Speed of sound in different media -- The Doppler effect -- An analogy -- Another way to understand the Doppler effect -- Summary -- 5. Perception of sound -- How the ear works -- Spatial location of sound -- Quantitative measures of loudness -- Beats -- Pitch perception -- Summary -- pt. III. Specifics of musical sound -- 6. Musical sound -- Supershort scale -- Short time scale -- Medium time scale -- Long time scale -- Very long time scale -- The stereo effect -- Summary -- 7. Pitch and musical scales -- The simple fractions requirement -- Building the scale -- The equal footing requirement -- The compromise -- Summary.".
• catalog description "pt. IV. Making music -- 8. Musical instruments -- The main components -- Energy source -- Energy transmission -- The primary vibrator -- The resonant vibrator -- Characteristic frequencies of a vibrating system -- Being in resonance with a system -- Back to resonant vibrators -- The sound effuser -- Instrument making : science or art? -- Science and technology -- The interaction between science and technology -- Science and technology in instrument making -- Summary -- 9. Wind instruments -- The primary vibrator -- The Bernouilli effect -- The Bernouilli effect in reed mouthpieces -- The Bernouilli effect in lip vibrations -- The Bernouilli effect in the edge effect -- Summary of the various types of primary vibrators -- The resonant vibrator -- The practical problems with resonant vibrators -- The solutions-- Solution 1. Include many tubes of different lengths -- Solution 2. Vary the length by interlocking pipes -- Solution 3. A switchyard with temporary extensions of length -- Solution 4. Place holes on the side of the tube -- The effuser -- Summary -- 10. String instruments -- The primary vibrator -- Frequency range for string instruments -- As influenced by tension and weight -- Frequency range for string instruments -- As influenced by length -- Solution 1. Having many strings with differing lengths -- Solution 2. Pressing a finger on the string -- Location of energy transfer -- The resonant vibrator of string instruments -- The sound effuser -- Summary -- 11. Percussion instruments -- Energy source and energy transfer -- The primary vibrator -- The resonant vibrator -- Summary -- 12. The human voice -- Two special features -- Energy input and the primary vibrator -- Voice, an "internal" instrument -- How you hear yourself -- Singing "over" the orchestra -- The helium-filled singer -- Vibrato -- Vowels -- Consonants -- Summary.".
• catalog extent "xxii, 316 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Musical sound.".
• catalog identifier "0913729396".
• catalog isFormatOf "Musical sound.".
• catalog issued "1987".
• catalog issued "c1987.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York, NY : Paragon House Publishers,".
• catalog relation "Musical sound.".
• catalog subject "781/.22 19".
• catalog subject "Music Acoustics and physics.".
• catalog subject "QC225.15 .M65 1987".
• catalog subject "Sound.".
• catalog tableOfContents "List of figures -- List of tables -- List of photos -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Antal Dorati -- Why and how, an explanation for the reader -- pt. I. The concepts of motion, vibration and waves -- Prologue -- 1. About motion -- Describing motion -- Location -- Speed and velocity -- Acceleration -- Understanding motion : force and energy -- Force -- Energy -- Energy conversion -- Summary -- 2. Periodic motion : vibration and oscillation -- Location-time table -- Period and frequency -- Amplitude -- Plotting oscillations -- Shapes of oscillations -- "Adding" oscillations -- Nothing out of something -- More about adding oscillations -- Representing kinks -- Summary -- 3. Waves -- Traveling waves -- Standing waves -- Transverse and longitudinal waves -- Characterizing waves : frequency and wavelength -- Relating frequency and wavelength by the speed of propagation -- Damped waves -- Waves at a boundary -- The waves we know -- Diffraction -- Summary -- pt. II. The sound getting to you -- 4. Propagation of sound waves -- Loudness -- Scaling -- Dependence of sound energy on distance -- The speed of sound -- The sonic boom -- Speed of sound in different media -- The Doppler effect -- An analogy -- Another way to understand the Doppler effect -- Summary -- 5. Perception of sound -- How the ear works -- Spatial location of sound -- Quantitative measures of loudness -- Beats -- Pitch perception -- Summary -- pt. III. Specifics of musical sound -- 6. Musical sound -- Supershort scale -- Short time scale -- Medium time scale -- Long time scale -- Very long time scale -- The stereo effect -- Summary -- 7. Pitch and musical scales -- The simple fractions requirement -- Building the scale -- The equal footing requirement -- The compromise -- Summary.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. IV. Making music -- 8. Musical instruments -- The main components -- Energy source -- Energy transmission -- The primary vibrator -- The resonant vibrator -- Characteristic frequencies of a vibrating system -- Being in resonance with a system -- Back to resonant vibrators -- The sound effuser -- Instrument making : science or art? -- Science and technology -- The interaction between science and technology -- Science and technology in instrument making -- Summary -- 9. Wind instruments -- The primary vibrator -- The Bernouilli effect -- The Bernouilli effect in reed mouthpieces -- The Bernouilli effect in lip vibrations -- The Bernouilli effect in the edge effect -- Summary of the various types of primary vibrators -- The resonant vibrator -- The practical problems with resonant vibrators -- The solutions-- Solution 1. Include many tubes of different lengths -- Solution 2. Vary the length by interlocking pipes -- Solution 3. A switchyard with temporary extensions of length -- Solution 4. Place holes on the side of the tube -- The effuser -- Summary -- 10. String instruments -- The primary vibrator -- Frequency range for string instruments -- As influenced by tension and weight -- Frequency range for string instruments -- As influenced by length -- Solution 1. Having many strings with differing lengths -- Solution 2. Pressing a finger on the string -- Location of energy transfer -- The resonant vibrator of string instruments -- The sound effuser -- Summary -- 11. Percussion instruments -- Energy source and energy transfer -- The primary vibrator -- The resonant vibrator -- Summary -- 12. The human voice -- Two special features -- Energy input and the primary vibrator -- Voice, an "internal" instrument -- How you hear yourself -- Singing "over" the orchestra -- The helium-filled singer -- Vibrato -- Vowels -- Consonants -- Summary.".
• catalog title "Musical sound : an introduction to the physics of music / by Michael J. Moravcsik ; foreword by Antal Dorati ; illustrations by Francesca Moravcsik.".
• catalog type "text".