Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale /
Sethares, William A., 1955-
Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale / William A. Sethares. - London. New York : Springer, c1998. - xviii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Discography: p333-335. Bibliography: (pages 321-331) and index.
The octave is dead ... Long live the octave -- The science of sound -- Musical scales -- Consonance and dissonance of harmonic sounds -- Related spectra and scales -- A bell, a rock, a crystal -- Adaptive tunings -- The gamelan -- Consonance-based musical analysis -- From tuning to spectrum -- Spectral mappings -- A "music theory" for 10-tet -- Speculation, correlation, interpretation, conclusion.
354076173X (Berlin : acidfree paper)
97017623
Sound
Tuning.
Tone color (Music)
Musical intervals and scales
Psychoacoustics.
Music--Acoustics and physics
781.23
Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale / William A. Sethares. - London. New York : Springer, c1998. - xviii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Discography: p333-335. Bibliography: (pages 321-331) and index.
The octave is dead ... Long live the octave -- The science of sound -- Musical scales -- Consonance and dissonance of harmonic sounds -- Related spectra and scales -- A bell, a rock, a crystal -- Adaptive tunings -- The gamelan -- Consonance-based musical analysis -- From tuning to spectrum -- Spectral mappings -- A "music theory" for 10-tet -- Speculation, correlation, interpretation, conclusion.
354076173X (Berlin : acidfree paper)
97017623
Sound
Tuning.
Tone color (Music)
Musical intervals and scales
Psychoacoustics.
Music--Acoustics and physics
781.23