The Science of Musical Sound

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The Science of Musical Sound is a book by engineer and acoustics researcher John R. Pierce that explains the physical and perceptual principles underlying how music and sound are produced, transmitted, and heard.

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instanceOf book
person
author John R. Pierce
countryOfOrigin United States
covers Fourier analysis of sound
electronic sound synthesis
harmonic series
loudness
musical instruments
musical scales
musical tuning systems
pitch perception
timbre
educationalUse introductory text on musical acoustics
explains how musical tones are produced
how sound is heard
how sound is transmitted
perceptual principles of sound
physical principles of sound
field music acoustics
physics of sound
genre acoustics book
nonfiction
science book
hasContributor John R. Pierce
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
intendedAudience general readers
students of music
students of physics
language English
mainSubject acoustics
music
psychoacoustics
mediaType print
notableFor accessible explanation of acoustics
integration of physics and music theory
occupation acoustics researcher
author
engineer
publicationCentury 20th century
publisher Scientific American Books
W. H. Freeman and Company
relatedWork The Physics of Music

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John R. Pierce
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