Measured tones : the interplay of physics and music / Ian Johnston.
Edizione:
2. ed
Pubblicazione:
Bristol : IOP, 2002.
Descrizione fisica:
XIV, 406 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of tables. Prologue. 1. Why these and not others? 2. Music and scientific method. Interlude 1. Brass instruments 3. The harmonies of a mechanical universe. Interlude 2. The piano 4. Overtones of enlightenment. Interlude 3. The violin 5. Over the waves. Interlude 4. Acoustcs in architecture 6. The romance of electricity. Interlude 5. Woodwind instruments 7. Summertime in Heidelberg. Interlude 6. Percussion instruments 8. Obrave new world. Interlude 7. Electronic instruments 9. I think, therefore I am. Interlude 8. Sublimest of instruments, the voice. Epilogue. Appendix 1: Musical notation. Appendix 2: Logarithms. Appendix 3: Measurement of pitch intervals. Appendix 4: Measurement of loudness. Appendix 5: Acoustic impedance. Appendix 6: Pentatonic scales. Bibliography. Accompanying web site. Index
Note galileane:
Per Galilei vedi, in particolare, p. 26-28, 32-33, 57, 66-67
