Physics and the Sound of Music
John S. Rigden · Leonardo · 1981
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 COACH HORN, 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.