Science and Music Dover Pubns. ( 01 June, 1968 ) Book Our Price : £ 5.56 List Price : £ 6.17 You save £0.61 (10% off) Prices subject to change. usually dispatched within 7 to 8 days.

Very technical look at sound and musicality.

Not recommended for the faint hearted! This book gives very technical explanations (including mathematical equations) of sound, the creation of sound, harmonics, tuning systems and accoustics. I would guess his background is as an organist and this colours much of his work. However, as a singer, I still found it very interesting as it enhanced my understanding of vocal harmonics and how we hear sound and determine subjectively whether it is "musical".

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An especially well-written and entertaining introduction to musical acoustics. I keep a copy among my musical reference books. Also recommended: PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns.