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on the art and science of acoustic instruments

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"Musical mathematics" was published by Chronicle Books in 2010 - San Francisco, Calif., it has 956 pages and the language of the book is English.


“Musical mathematics” Metadata:

  • Title: Musical mathematics
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 956
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
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  • Publish Location: San Francisco, Calif.

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Edition Specifications:

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Dimensions: 29 x x centimeters
  • Pagination: xiii, 926 p., 16 p. of plates

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"Musical mathematics" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Foreword / David R. Canright
  • 2- Mica mass
  • 3- Plain string and wound string calculations
  • 4- Flexible strings
  • 5- Inharmonic strings
  • 6- Piano strings vs. canon strings
  • 7- Bars, rods, and tubes
  • 8- Acoustic resonators
  • 9- Simple flutes
  • 10- The geometric progression, logarithms, and cents
  • 11- Western tuning theory and practice
  • 12- World tunings
  • 13- Original instruments
  • 14- Building a little canon

"Musical mathematics" Description:

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Author, composer, and builder Cris Forster illuminates the mathematical principles of acoustic music, offering practical information and new discoveries about both traditional and innovative instruments. --from publisher description.

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