Musimathics, Volume 1: The Mathematical Foundations of Music

Description

"Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune," writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music—a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the nonspecialist reader. It is designed for musicians who find their art increasingly mediated by technology, and for anyone who is interested in the intersection of art and science.

In this volume, Loy presents the materials of music (notes, intervals, and scales); the physical properties of music (frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre); the perception of music and sound (how we hear); and music composition. Musimathics is carefully structured so that new topics depend strictly on topics already presented, carrying the reader progressively from basic subjects to more advanced ones. Cross-references point to related topics and an extensive glossary defines commonly used terms. The book explains the mathematics and physics of music for the reader whose mathematics may not have gone beyond the early undergraduate level. Calling himself "a composer seduced into mathematics," Loy provides answers to foundational questions about the mathematics of music accessibly yet rigorously. The topics are all subjects that contemporary composers, musicians, and musical engineers have found to be important. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio. The level of scholarship and the pedagogical approach also make Musimathics ideal for classroom use. Additional material can be found at a companion web site.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Musimathics, Volume 1: The Mathematical Foundations of Music" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 2848
2. Musimathics, Volume 1: The Mathematical Foundations of Music
3. Foundations of Generic Optimization: Volume 1: A Combinatorial Approach to Epistasis (Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applic
4. Mathematical Foundations of Statistical
5. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
6. Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory
7. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
8. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
9. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Statistics
10. Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
11. Mathematical Background: Foundations of Innitesimal Calculus
12. Mathematical Background Foundations of Infinitesimal Calcul.
13. Foundations of Mathematical Economics: The Contribution of A. N. Isnard
14. Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications
15. Michael Carter - Foundations of Mathematical Economics
16. Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2007