Musical acoustics : or the phenomena of sound as connected with music / John Broadhouse.
By: Broadhouse, John.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : W. Reeves, 1926Edition: 5th impression.Description: xii, 440 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. + hbk.Subject(s): Sound | Music -- Acoustics and physicsDDC classification: 534Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 534 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00037981 |
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.