This introductory text deals with the physical systems and biological processes that intervene in what we broadly call "music." It analyzes what physical properties of sound patterns are associated with what psychological sensations of music, and describes how these sound patterns are actually produced in musical instruments, how they propagate through the environment, and how they are detected by the ear and interpreted in the brain. Without using complicated mathematics, the author weaves a close mesh between the disciplines of acoustics, psychophysics, and neurobiology, offering an integral picture of not only the science of music, but also the "music of science", that is, the beauty and excitement of scientific research, reasoning and understanding. This text should be accessible to undergraduate-level students, whether from science, arts orengineering schools, but it should also be useful to professional musicians, physics educators, acoustical engineers and neuroscientists. Much of the book is accessible with no prior knowledge of physics, mathematics, physiology or psychology; more advanced mathematics is given in appendixes This new edition of a best-selling introduction contains substantially revised coverage of psychoacoustics, including new research in functional MRI, consciousness, and emotion INDICE: Preface.- The Science of Music and the Music of Science: A Multidisciplinary Overview.- Sound Vibrations, Pure Tones, and the Perception of Pitch.- Sound Waves , Acoustic Energy, and the Perception of Loudness.- Generationof Musical Sounds, Complex Tones, and the Perception of Timbre.- Superposition and Succession of Complex Tones, and the Integral Perception of Music.- Appendix 1: Some Quantitative Aspects of the Bowing Mechanism.- Appendix II: Some Quantitative Aspects of Central Pitch Processor Models.- Appendix III: Some Renarks on Teaching of Physics and Psychophysics of Music.- References.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-09470-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 230
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés