Beijing Jeep: The Short, Unhappy Romance of American Business in China Simon & Schuster ( April, 1991 ) Book Our Price : £ 9.99 Prices subject to change. we are currently unable to offer this title. It may be out of stock with the publisher or out of print. If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available.

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.