The Science of Musical Sounds

Abstract

SOUND WAVES SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION1simple harmonic motion, transverse wave, longitudinal waveLECTURE II20diaphragm, cork, NOISE AND TONECHARACTERISTICS OF TONES26tuning fork, chromatic scale, musical scalePitch The tuning fork Determination of pitch by the method68phonodeik, diaphragm, PhonautographThe diaphragm The phonautograph The manometric flame88harmonic analysis, cosine, phonodeikHarmonic analysis Mechanical harmonic analysis Amplitude140Fourier analysis, non-periodic curve, physical phenomenonErrors in sound recordsIdeal response to sound Actual response142nodal lines, logarithmic scale, semitonesLECTURE VI175clarinet, oboe, pianoGenerators and resonators Resonance Effects of material on sound211phonograph, contralto, absolute pitchLECTURE VIII244pa-pa, human voice, fluteAPPENDIX REFERENCES271Harmonic analysis, C. P. Steinmetz, PeriodogramINDEX281Richard Aldrich, morocco, Brahms