John M. Eargle

Music, Sound, and Technology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Since its publication in 1990, the first edition of Music, Sound, and Technology has enjoyed wide success and has become a popular text in musical acoustical studies at the university level. In preparing the new edition we have included recent developments in all aspects of music and sound technology, and we have added data on acoustical characteristics of musical in struments. The first edition has been cited for the scope and clarity of its graphics; we have emphasized this to an even greater degree in the second edition. /ME xi Preface to the First Edition This book is about music. the instruments and players who produce it. and the technologies that support it. Although much modern music is produced by electronic means. its underlying basis is still traditional acoustical sound production. and that broad topic provides the basis for this book. There are many fine books available that treat musical acoustics largely from the physical point of view. The approach taken here is to present only the fundamentals of musical phys ics. while giving special emphasis to the relation between instrument and player and stressing the characteristics of instruments that are of special concern to engineers and tech nicians involved in the fields of recording. sound reinforcement. and broadcasting. In order to understand musical instruments in their normal performance environments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475759365
• Artikelnr.: 44178910

Inhaltsangabe

1 Fundamental Mathematical and Physical Concepts in Acoustics.- 2 Psychological Acoustics.- 3 Scales, Temperament, and Tuning.- 4 Musical Sound Generation and Radiation.- 5 Acoustics of String Instruments.- 6 Acoustics of Woodwind Instruments.- 7 Acoustics of Brass Instruments.- 8 Acoustics of Percussion Instruments.- 9 Acoustics of Keyboard Instruments.- 10 Musical Ensembles.- 11 Music and Speech in Performance Environments.- 12 Principles of Speech and Music Reinforcement.- 13 Principles of Sound Recording.- 14 High-Fidelity Sound in the Home.- 15 Overview of Electronic Musical Instruments.- 16 Active Noise Control and Acoustical Modification.

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1 Fundamental Mathematical and Physical Concepts in Acoustics.- 1.1 The basic quantities: length, mass, and time.- 1.2 Velocity and acceleration.- 1.3 Vectors.- 1.4 Force, energy, and power.- 1.5 A simple oscillating system.- 1.6 Wave propagation.- 1.7 Sound fields.- 1.8 Power, sound pressure, and the decibel.- 1.9 Directional characteristics of sound radiators.- 1.10 Environmental acoustical effects.- 1.11 Interference effects.- References.- 2 Psychological Acoustics.- 2.1 Physiology of the ear.- 2.2 Loudness phenomena.- 2.3 Localization phenomena.- 2.4 Pitch perception.- 2.5 Critical bands; consonance and dissonance.- References.- Additional Resources.- 3 Scales, Temperament, and Tuning.- 3.1 Major and minor scales.- 3.2 The harmonic series.- 3.3 The Pythagorean scale.- 3.4 The just scale.- 3.5 Meantone temperament.- 3.6 Equal temperament.- 3.7 Equal temperament in musical practice.- 3.8 Other tunings in contemporary performance.- 3.9 Pitch standards.- 3.10 The pitch spiral; key chroma.- References.- Additional Resources.- 4 Musical Sound Generation and Radiation.- 4.1 Basic power relationships.- 4.2 The chordophones-strings and sounding boards.- 4.3 Aerophones I-a simple open air column.- 4.4 Aerophones II-reeds and resonators.- 4.5 Aerophones III-the lip reeds.- 4.6 Membranophones.- 4.7 Idiophones.- 4.8 Starting and stopping transients.- 4.9 The voice.- References.- 5 Acoustics of String Instruments.- 5.1 The violin.- 5.2 The string family.- 5.3 The guitar.- 5.4 The harp.- 5.5 Modern versions of the bass and the guitar.- 5.6 Acoustical characteristics of string instruments.- References.- Additional Resources.- 6 Acoustics of Woodwind Instruments.- 6.1 Classification of woodwind instruments.- 6.2 Transposing instruments.- 6.3 The flute.- 6.4 The oboe.- 6.5The clarinet.- 6.6 The bassoon.- 6.7 The saxophones.- 6.8 Acoustical characteristics of woodwind instruments.- References.- Additional Resources.- 7 Acoustics of Brass Instruments.- 7.1 Classification of brass instruments.- 7.2 Changing speaking length: crooks, valves, and slides.- 7.3 The horn.- 7.4 The trumpet.- 7.5 The trombone.- 7.6 The tuba.- 7.7 Acoustical characteristics of brass instruments.- References.- Additional Resources.- 8 Acoustics of Percussion Instruments.- 8.1 Classification of percussion instruments.- 8.2 Membranophones: the drum family.- 8.3 Metallophones.- 8.4 Xylophones.- 8.5 Ranges of the pitched metallophones and xylophones.- 8.6 Special effects.- 8.7 The drum set.- 8.8 Acoustical characteristics of percussion instruments.- References.- Additional Resources.- 9 Acoustics of Keyboard Instruments.- 9.1 Historical instruments.- 9.2 The piano.- 9.3 The celesta.- 9.4 The pipe organ.- 9.5 Electronic keyboard instruments.- 9.6 Acoustical characteristics of keyboard instruments.- References.- Additional Resources.- 10 Musical Ensembles.- 10.1 Evolution of chamber ensembles.- 10.2 Evolution of the orchestra.- 10.3 Acoustical power output of the orchestra.- 10.4 The vocal chorus with orchestra.- 10.5 Ensembles in the opera house.- 10.6 Ensembles in popular music.- 10.7 The musical theater.- 10.8 The symphonic band.- 10.9 Requirements for good ensemble and intonation.- 10.10 Sound pressure levels within ensembles.- 10.11 Spectra of ensembles.- References.- 11 Music and Speech in Performance Environments.- 11.1 Acoustics of enclosed spaces.- 11.2 Requirements for music performance spaces.- 11.3 Electronic concert halls.- 11.4 Halls for speech.- 11.5 Small halls for music performance.- 11.6 Acoustics of rehearsal spaces.- 11.7 Worship spaces.- 11.8 Acoustical isolation and noise control.- References.- Additional Resources.- 12 Principles of Speech and Music Reinforcement.- 12.1 Basic approaches.- 12.2 System stability and gain calculations.- 12.3 Intelligibility calculations.- 12.4 Systems for houses of worship.- 12.5 Systems for auditoriums.- 12.6 Systems for high-level music reinforcement.- 12.7 Systems for motion picture theaters.- References.- 13 Principles of Sound Recording.- 13.1 Basic system concepts.- 13.2 Microphones.- 13.3 Basic stereo pickup techniques.- 13.4 Magnetic recording.- 13.5 Signal processing.- 13.6 Recording system architecture.- References.- 14 High Fidelity Sound in the Home.- 14.1 Basic components of a high fidelity system.- 14.2 AM radio transmission and reception.- 14.3 FM radio transmission and reception.- 14.4 The long-playing (LP) record.- 14.5 The cassette.- 14.6 The compact disc (CD).- 14.7 Signal control.- 14.8 Amplifiers.- 14.9 Loudspeakers.- 14.10 Listening room considerations.- References.- 15 Overview of Music Synthesis.- 15.1 Anatomy of a musical sound.- 15.2 Attack: the initial transient.- 15.3 Steady-state conditions.- 15.4 Decay of tones.- 15.5 Ensemble considerations.- 15.6 Representation of steady-state waveforms in time and frequency domains.- 15.7 The performer's interface.- References.- 16 Active Noise Control.- 16.1 Principle of active sound cancellation.- 16.2 Sound pressure reduction.- 16.3 Sound power absorption at room boundaries.- 16.4 Recent developments.- 16.5 Conclusions.- References.- Additional Resource.