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Music : a mathematical offering / Dave Benson

By: Material type: TextTextAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: 411 s. : illISBN:
  • 0-521-85387-7 (hbk.) :
  • 978-0-521-85387-3 (hbk.) :
  • 0-521-61999-8 (pbk.) :
  • 978-0-521-61999-8 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.2 22
Other classification:
  • Ijaa
  • 00A65
Contents:
1. Waves and harmonics ; 2. Fourier theory ; 3. A mathematician's guide to the orchestra ; 4. Consonance and dissonance ; 5. Scales and temperaments : the fivefold way ; 6. More scales and temperaments ; 7. Digital music ; 8. Synthesis ; 9. Symmetry in music ; Appendix A. Bessel functions ; Appendix B. Equal tempered scales ; Appendix C. Frequency and MIDI chart ; Appendix D. Intervals ; Appendix E. Just, equal and meantone scales compared ; Appendix F. Music theory ; Appendix G. Recordings
Summary: Provides a wealth of information to enable the teacher, the student, or the interested amateur to understand, at varying levels of technicality, the real interplay between these two ancient disciplines. The story is long as well as broad and involves physics, biology, psychoacoustics, the history of science, and digital technology
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Bok Arflundra bibliotek La 51-7 Benson (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available (Not withdrawn) 5511
Bok Stáloluokta Lam Ija Benson 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available (Not withdrawn) 5512

1. Waves and harmonics ; 2. Fourier theory ; 3. A mathematician's guide to the orchestra ; 4. Consonance and dissonance ; 5. Scales and temperaments : the fivefold way ; 6. More scales and temperaments ; 7. Digital music ; 8. Synthesis ; 9. Symmetry in music ; Appendix A. Bessel functions ; Appendix B. Equal tempered scales ; Appendix C. Frequency and MIDI chart ; Appendix D. Intervals ; Appendix E. Just, equal and meantone scales compared ; Appendix F. Music theory ; Appendix G. Recordings

Provides a wealth of information to enable the teacher, the student, or the interested amateur to understand, at varying levels of technicality, the real interplay between these two ancient disciplines. The story is long as well as broad and involves physics, biology, psychoacoustics, the history of science, and digital technology

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