The Science of String Instruments

Many performing musicians, as well as instrument builders, are coming to realize the importance of understanding the science of musical instruments. This book explains how string instruments produce sound. It presents basic ideas in simple language, and it also translates some more sophisticated ide...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rossing, Thomas D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7110-4
LEADER 02523nam a22004815i 4500
001 9245
003 DE-He213
005 20130725203312.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 101216s2010 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d
020 # # |a 9781441971104  |9 978-1-4419-7110-4 
024 7 # |a 10.1007/978-1-4419-7110-4  |2 doi 
050 # 4 |a QC221-246 
072 # 7 |a PHDS  |2 bicssc 
072 # 7 |a SCI001000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 534  |2 23 
100 1 # |a Rossing, Thomas D.  |e editor. 
245 1 4 |a The Science of String Instruments  |c edited by Thomas D. Rossing.  |h [electronic resource] / 
264 # 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Springer New York :  |b Imprint: Springer,  |c 2010. 
300 # # |a VIII, 470p. 202 illus., 56 illus. in color.  |b online resource. 
336 # # |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 # # |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 # # |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 # # |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
505 0 # |a Introduction -- Plucked Strings -- Guitars and Lutes -- Portuguese Guitar -- Banjo -- Mandolin Family Instruments -- Psalteries and Zithers -- Harpsichord and Clavichord -- The Harp -- The Burmese Arched Harp -- Plucked String Instruments in Asia -- Bowed Strings -- Violin -- Cello -- Double Bass -- Bows, Strings, and Bowing -- Viols and Other Historic Bowed String Instruments -- The Hutchins-Schelleng Violin Octet after 50 Years -- Hammered Strings -- Some Remarks on the Acoustics of the Piano -- The Hammered Dulcimer -- The Electric Guitar and Violin -- Virtual String Synthesis. 
520 # # |a Many performing musicians, as well as instrument builders, are coming to realize the importance of understanding the science of musical instruments. This book explains how string instruments produce sound. It presents basic ideas in simple language, and it also translates some more sophisticated ideas in non-technical language. It should be of interest to performers, researchers, and instrument makers alike. 
650 # 0 |a Physics. 
650 # 0 |a Acoustics. 
650 # 0 |a Vibration. 
650 # 0 |a Acoustics in engineering. 
650 # 0 |a Music. 
650 1 4 |a Physics. 
650 2 4 |a Acoustics. 
650 2 4 |a Engineering Acoustics. 
650 2 4 |a Music. 
650 2 4 |a Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. 
710 2 # |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 # |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9781441971098 
856 4 0 |u https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7110-4 
912 # # |a ZDB-2-PHA 
950 # # |a Physics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)