Exploring Music
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Book Overview
Lavishly illustrated, Exploring Music: The Science and Technology of Tones and Tunes explains in a nonmathematical way the underlying science of music, musical instruments, tones, and tunes. The author explores the magical quality and science of music, facilitating pleasure and the understanding in both young and older readers. Based primarily on the highly successful series of Christmas lectures given by the author in 1989-1990 at the Royal Institution,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0750302135
ISBN13:9780750302135
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:CRC Press
Length:348 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Very Good overview of the science behind music
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I bought this book after it was reviewed in "The New Scientist" and I certainly wasn't dissapointed. It's very well organised and even though quite thin, it covers everything in requisite depth. For e.g. he does a great job on explaining the origin of the currently used scales etc.
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