Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music, 2nd Edition
Editorial Reviews
- Australian Physicist, Oct 1990
"It should be a necessary purchase for every physicist who is interested in music and by every musician who is interested in science; it is written to be understood by both."
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The writing throughout is delightfully clear and easy to read, and the numerous small illustrations break up the pages and add interest … . Students (and teachers!) not having had the benefit of such a course should certainly buy the book and read it. I also recommend it warmly to the general reader who would simply like to know more about the sounds he or she enjoys.
- Neville Fletcher in Acoustics Australia
Johnston offers a charming, informal, and information-packed volume aimed squarely both at the musician who wants to understand better some of the physics behind the sound that various instruments make and at the physicist who would like to understand better the workings of musical instruments… . Lots of material is covered, and the book is worthy of careful examination… . It belongs in all college libraries.
- K.L. Schick in CHOICE
I find it 'unputdownable,' combining a thorough development of the mathematical and physical basis of music, dealt with in a historical framework, with interludes dealing in details with the different families of musical instruments. This new edition has updated the sections on electronic music and digital technology, which have changed vastly in the last decide, and which feature prominently in the new AS/A2 specifications. Thoroughly recommended.
- John Miller in School Science Review
It is an ideal book for a secondary school library … it also makes a useful supplementary text for the undergraduate module in musical instrument acoustics that we run at the ISVR … . A particular strength is the detailed discussion of the development of musical scales and temperaments, a subject that is so often glossed over.
- M.C.M. Wright, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 264, 1209-1210, (2003)
Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music, 2nd Edition
Measured Tones,Ian Johnston,Taylor & Francis,0750307625,Acoustics & Sound,Acoustics and physics,Instruction & Study - Theory,Music,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Physics
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