Authors: Gareth Loy
ISBN-13: 9780262122825, ISBN-10: 0262122820
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Gareth Loy is a musician and award-winning composer. He has published widely and, during a long and successful career at the cutting edge of multimedia computing, has worked as a researcher, lecturer, programmer, software architect, and digital systems engineer. He is President of Gareth, Inc., a provider of software engineering and consulting services internationally.
A commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.
1 | Music and sound | 1 |
2 | Representing music | 11 |
3 | Musical scales, tuning, and intonation | 39 |
4 | Physical basis of sound | 97 |
5 | Geometrical basis of sound | 129 |
6 | Psychophysical basis of sound | 149 |
7 | Introduction to acoustics | 199 |
8 | Vibrating systems | 239 |
9 | Composition and methodology | 285 |