Acoustics and the Performance of Music Manual for Acousticians, Audio Engineers, Musicians, Architects and Musical Instrument Makers /
Acoustics and the Performance of Music connects scientific understandings of acoustics with practical applications to musical performance. Of central importance are the tonal characteristics of musical instruments and the singing voice including detailed representations of directional characteristic...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Series: | Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Acoustics
- Structure of Musical Sounds
- Tonal Characteristics of Musical Instruments
- Directional Characteristics of Musical Instruments
- Foundations of Room Acoustics
- Acoustic Characteristics of Old and New Performance Spaces
- Seating Arrangement in the Concert Hall
- Acoustical Viewpoints for Number of Performers and Performance Technique
- Acoustic Problems in the Opera House
- Color Plates
- Appendix
- References
- Name- and Composition Index
- Topical Index.