Physics and the Sound of Music

Contents

• Partial table of contents:
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
• The Physics of Music.
• A PURE TONE--A CAPPELLA.
• The Origin of Musical Sound.
• The Transmission of Musical Sound.
• TWO PURE TONES TOGETHER.
• The Superposition of Vibrations.
• The Superposition of Waves.
• ARCHETYPAL INSTRUMENTS: THE TROMBA MARINA, THE FIFE, THE COACHHORN, AND THE DRUM.
• The Origin of Complex Tones: Strings, Tubes, and Membranes.
• THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA.
• The Instruments of Musical Sound.
• The Musical Environment.
• SOUND REPRODUCTION.
• Sound System Components.
• ELECTRONIC MUSIC.
• Synthesized and Digital Sound.