| Contents |
Part I. The physical and acoustical background: The fundamental physical quantities -- Simple vibrating systems -- Waves and wave propagation -- Complex vibrations and resonance -- Part II. The reception of musical sounds: The ear: intensity and loudness levels -- Tone quality -- Frequency and pitch -- Intervals, scales, tuning, and temperament -- Part III. The environment of music: Auditorium and room acoustics -- Part IV. The production of musical sounds: musical instruments: The string instruments -- The woodwind instruments, and others -- The brass instruments -- The piano -- The percussion instruments -- The electronic production of sound -- Appendix: Powers of ten and simple logarithms. |
