William A. Sethares

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

TTSS offers a unique analysis of the relationship between the structure of sound and the structure of scale and will be use to musicians and composers who use inharmonic tones and sounds. TTSS also provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and there are clear applications for the use of inharmonic sounds in film scoring. The book-and-CD package analyses a wide range of instruments - from existing instruments, electronic instruments, artificial sounds and the sounds and scales on non-western instruments, including the only such analysis of Indonesian instruments. Audio examples, and (new for this edition) computer programs demonstrating the more mathematical aspects of theory of sound, allowing increasing the value of the book musicologist and others of a non-mathematical background. This fascinating exploration of sounds and perception will interest anyone with a deep interest in music

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 345
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447141778
• Artikelnr.: 44000512

Autorenporträt

TTSS offers a unique analysis of the relationship between the structure of sound and the structure of scale and will be use to musicians and composers who use inharmonic tones and sounds. TTSS also provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and there are clear applications for the use of inharmonic sounds in film scoring. The book analyses a wide range of instruments from existing instruments, electronic instruments, artificial sounds and the sounds and scales on non-western instruments, including the only such analysis of Indonesian instruments.

Inhaltsangabe

The Octave Is Dead ... Long Live the Octave.- The Science of Sound.- Sound on Sound.- Musical Scales.- Consonance and Dissonance of Harmonic Sounds.- Related Spectra and Scales.- A Bell, A Rock, A Crystal.- Adaptive Tunings.- A Wing, An Anomaly, A Recollection.- The Gamelan.- Consonance-Based Musical Analysis.- From Tuning to Spectrum.- Spectral Mappings.- A "Music Theory" for 10-tet.- Classical Music of Thailand and 7-tet.- Speculation, Correlation, Interpretation, Conclusion.