The science of musical sounds / Dayton Clarence Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Dayton Clarence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Acoustics and physics.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

science of musical sounds

Place of Publication:

New York : Macmillan, 1922.

Summary:

"A series of eight lectures was given at the Lowell Institute in January and February, 1914, under the general title of 'Sound analysis.' These lectures have been rewritten for presentation in book form, and 'The science of musical sounds' has been chosen for the title as giving a better idea of the contents. They appear substantially as delivered, though some slight additions have been made and much explanatory detail regarding the experiments and illustrations has been omitted. The important additions relate to the tuning fork in Lecture II and harmonic analysis in Lecture IV, while two quotations are added in the concluding section of Lecture VIII . A course of scientific lectures designed for the general public must necessarily consist in large part of elementary and well known material, selected and arranged to develop the principal line of thought.

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