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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aJeans,James
245			_aSCIENCE AND MUSIC
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260			_aGurugram _bShubhi Publications _c2022/01/01
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500			_aSir James Jeans has used his remarkable gifts of exposition to set out all that is relevant in the science of acoustics to the art of music. He offers a simple but precise account (illustrated with well-chosen photographs and diagrams) of the anatomical origin and workings of the human ear; the nature of sound vibrations; simple tones and complex sounds; the principles and operation of musical instruments; harmony and the musical scale; the effects of music on men and animals; and the practical problems of acoustical design. Scientists who appreciate music, musicians with an interest in science and laymen who care for both, will thoroughly enjoy this book.
505			_aDOVER BOOKS ON MUSIC, MUSIC HISTORY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; PREFACE; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION; The Coming of Music; The Sense of Hearing; The Human Ear; The Process of Hearing; Sound-Curves; The Transmission of Sound; CHAPTER II TUNING-FORKS AND PURE TONES; Pure Tones; Period, Frequency and Pitch; Frequency ratios within the octave; Frequencies of tones from CCCC to cvi (c2 = 512); Simple Harmonic Curves; General Theory of Vibrations; Simultaneous Vibrations; Energy; Simultaneous Sounds; Superposing Vibrations of the same Period. LoudnessInterference of Sound; Beats; Difference and Summation Tones; Forced Vibrations; Resonance; Sound Analysis; CHAPTER III THE VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS AND HARMONICS; Experiments with the Monochord; Mersenne's Laws; The Free Vibrations of a String; Waves travelling along a String; Harmonics; Nodes and Loops; String Tone; Harmonic Analysis; String Plucked at its Middle Point; Analysis of a Sound-Curve; Natural Harmonics and Resonance; Timbre and the Harmonic Analysis of Sound; Harmonic Synthesis; Plucked String; Struck String. Distribution of Energy between the various Harmonics of a StringPiano Tone; Relative Intensity of Harmonics (striking point one-seventh from the end); Bowed Strings; Violin Tone; CHAPTER IV THE VIBRATIONS OF AIR; The Spring of Air; The Vibrations of a Column of Air; The Speed of Sound; The Speed of Sound in Gases other than Air; Refraction of Sound; Air Vibrations in Music; Whirlpools and Whirlwinds; The "Wind Whistle"; The Aeolian Harp; Edge Tones; Flue Organ-Pipes; Stopped and Open Pipes; Reed Organ-Pipes; Orchestral Wind Instruments; CHAPTER V HARMONY AND DISCORD. Through Beats to DiscordConcord associated with Small Numbers; Euler's Theory of Harmony; D'Alembert's Theory of Harmony; Helmholtz's Theory of Harmony; The Origin of the Musical Scale; The Problem of Temperament; The Pythagorean Scale; The Mean-Tone Scale; The Equal-Temperament Scale; Just Intonation; Key Characteristics; The Music of the Future; More Complex Scales; CHAPTER VI THE CONCERT ROOM; The Transmission of Sound-Waves; Reflection and Absorption of Sound; Reverberation; General Theory of Acoustics; Acoustical Analyses; Conditions for Good Hearing; The Optimum Reverberation Period. The Optimum Size of OrchestraThe Ideal Concert Room; CHAPTER VII HEARING; The Threshold of Hearing; Two Psychological Laws; The Scale of Sound Intensity; The Scale of Loudness; The Threshold of Pain; Tones created by the Ear; Difference and Summation Tones; Practical Uses of Difference Tones; The Mechanism of the Ear; Hearing in Animals; INDEX; A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
650			_aMusic--Acoustics and physics
650			_aSound
650			_aMusic and science
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