MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Musical acoustics : or the phenomena of sound as connected with music / John Broadhouse.

By: Broadhouse, John.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : W. Reeves, 1926Edition: 5th impression.Description: xii, 440 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. + hbk.Subject(s): Sound | Music -- Acoustics and physicsDDC classification: 534
Contents:
Sensation and external cause of sound -- Transmission of sound -- Nature of wave motion in general -- Application of the wave theory of sound -- Resonance -- The analysis of compound sounds -- Helmholtz theory of musical quality -- The motions of sounding strings -- The motion of sounding air columns -- The human voice -- Beats -- Helmholtz theory of consonance and dissonance -- Combinational tones -- Consonant chords -- Scales and temperaments -- Systems of pitch notation.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 534 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00037981
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Sensation and external cause of sound -- Transmission of sound -- Nature of wave motion in general -- Application of the wave theory of sound -- Resonance -- The analysis of compound sounds -- Helmholtz theory of musical quality -- The motions of sounding strings -- The motion of sounding air columns -- The human voice -- Beats -- Helmholtz theory of consonance and dissonance -- Combinational tones -- Consonant chords -- Scales and temperaments -- Systems of pitch notation.

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