The Physics of Musical Instruments
Editorial Reviews
Physics Today, on the first edition
"Essentially everything you have ever wanted to now about the physics of musical instruments is here, presented on a level that a good college junior can begin to handle, but of which a graduate student, or, for that matter, a professional need not be ashamed...The coverage ranges from excellent introductions to such standard topics as the transient response of an oscillator and bending waves in bars, to clear presentations of the dynamics of an air jet (in the context of flutes), the radiation from guitars and violins, the nonlinear interactions of lip-driven brass instruments and the effects of air loading on the normal frequencies of timpani...if someone asked me what musical acoustics book I would most want to see written and published, it would be exactly this one, and precisely by these authors."
Science, June 4, 1999
"No comprehensive quantitative analysis of music-making devices existed until Fletcher and Rossing published The Physics of Musical Instruments in 1990.... Now with the second edition, this impressive volume has been nicely revised and updated."
The Physics of Musical Instruments
The Physics of Musical Instruments,Neville H. Fletcher,Thomas D. Rossing,Springer,0387983740,Acoustics & Sound,Acoustics and physics,Construction,Music,Music Acoustics And Physics,Musical Instruments - Construction And Repair,Musical Instruments - General,Musical instruments,Physics,Science,Science / Acoustics & Sound
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