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- 2010034873 abstract "John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics.".
- 2010034873 contributor B11778484.
- 2010034873 created "2010.".
- 2010034873 date "2010".
- 2010034873 date "2010.".
- 2010034873 dateCopyrighted "2010.".
- 2010034873 description "Accompanying CD: How to get different sounds from a guitar string -- Can you guess what this instrument is? -- Why some notes clash and others get along together -- Different ways to accompany a tune -- Ancient and modern scales -- 3,000-year-old music : ancient harp tuning -- The horrible out-of-tune bamboo whistle -- Confident majors and emotional minors -- How to bring tears to the eyes of the audience -- The magnificent drinking-straw oboe.".
- 2010034873 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-257) and index.".
- 2010034873 description "John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics.".
- 2010034873 description "So, what is music, anyway? -- What is perfect pitch and do I have it? -- Notes and noises -- Xylophones and saxophones : same notes but different sounds -- Instrumental break -- How loud is loud? -- Harmony and cacophony -- Weighing up scales -- The self-confident major and the emotional minor -- I got rhythm -- Making music -- Listening to music -- Fiddly details. Naming and identifying intervals ; Using the Decibel system ; Tuning an instrument to the pentatonic scale ; Calculating equal temperament ; The notes of the major keys.".
- 2010034873 extent "vi, 264 p. :".
- 2010034873 identifier "0316098302 (hc.)".
- 2010034873 identifier "9780316098304 (hc.)".
- 2010034873 issued "2010".
- 2010034873 issued "2010.".
- 2010034873 language "eng".
- 2010034873 publisher "New York, NY : Little, Brown,".
- 2010034873 subject "781 22".
- 2010034873 subject "ML3805 .P69 2010".
- 2010034873 subject "Music Acoustics and physics.".
- 2010034873 subject "Music Psychological aspects.".
- 2010034873 tableOfContents "Accompanying CD: How to get different sounds from a guitar string -- Can you guess what this instrument is? -- Why some notes clash and others get along together -- Different ways to accompany a tune -- Ancient and modern scales -- 3,000-year-old music : ancient harp tuning -- The horrible out-of-tune bamboo whistle -- Confident majors and emotional minors -- How to bring tears to the eyes of the audience -- The magnificent drinking-straw oboe.".
- 2010034873 tableOfContents "So, what is music, anyway? -- What is perfect pitch and do I have it? -- Notes and noises -- Xylophones and saxophones : same notes but different sounds -- Instrumental break -- How loud is loud? -- Harmony and cacophony -- Weighing up scales -- The self-confident major and the emotional minor -- I got rhythm -- Making music -- Listening to music -- Fiddly details. Naming and identifying intervals ; Using the Decibel system ; Tuning an instrument to the pentatonic scale ; Calculating equal temperament ; The notes of the major keys.".
- 2010034873 title "How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.".
- 2010034873 type "text".