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Tables of Contents for Physics and the Sound of Music
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I THE SOUND OF MUSIC
1
8
The Physics of Music
3
6
PART II A PURE TONE---A CAPPELLA
9
48
The Origin of Musical Sound
11
14
The Transmission and Musical Sound
25
22
The Perception of a Pure Tone
47
10
PART III TWO PURE TONES TOGETHER
57
32
The Superposition of Vibrations
59
12
The Superposition of Waves
71
8
The Perception of Two Pure Tones
79
10
PART IV ARCHETYPAL INSTRUMENTS: THE TROMBA MARINA, THE FIFE, THE COACH HORN, AND THE DRUM
89
64
The Origin of Complex Tones; Strings, Tubes, and Membranes
93
24
The Transmission of Complex Tones from Strings, Tubes, and Membranes
117
32
The Perception on Complex Tones
149
4
PART V THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA
153
102
The Instruments of Musical Sound
155
50
The Musical Environment
205
28
Perception of Music
233
22
PART VI SOUND REPRODUCTION
255
68
Sound System Components
259
44
Sound Systems and Their Environment
303
10
Toward a Consummation of the Listening Experience
313
10
PART VII ELECTRONIC MUSIC
323
24
Synthesized and Digital Sound
325
22
Answers to Selected Problems
347
2
Index
349