The Physics of Music

Integrating the Technical and Artistic Aspects of Creating Music

Gordon P. Ramsey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIX, 366 Seiten

2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-53506-2 (ISBN)

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This textbook is designed to help students and professionals understand the intimate connection between music and physics. The reader does not need prior background in music or physics, as the concepts necessary for understanding this connection are developed from scratch, using nothing more sophisticated than basic algebra which is reviewed for the reader. The focus is on connecting physics to the creation of music and its effect on humans. The reader will learn about the basic structure of music in relation to acoustics concepts, different musical instrument groups, how the room affects sound, and how sound travels from instruments to human ears to evoke an emotional reaction. Replete with exercises to hone students' understanding, this book is ideal for a course on the physics of music and will appeal to STEM students as well as students, professionals, and enthusiasts in any field related to music and sound engineering.

Gordon Ramsey is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Loyola University Chicago. He received a Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1982 and began teaching at Loyola. Gordon was raised in a musical household. His father was a composer and jazz trumpet player and his mother was a church organist and classical pianist. His involvement in music began at five, when his mother gave him piano lessons while his father taught him chord structures. This paralleled his interest in mathematics, which combined well with music training. Gordon began studying the clarinet at ten and played in a championship high school band while in the eighth grade. At age fourteen, his father bought a tenor sax, which became an integral part of Gordon's musical experience. He has played in numerous theater orchestras and jazz bands. He enjoys doing physics and still having the pleasure of music without worrying about where the next "gig" is going to be. He has done musical acoustics research and published with students for the past 20 years.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Language, Structure and Function of Music.- Chapter 3. Physics Concepts.- Chapter 4. Introduction to the Instrument Groups.- Chapter 5. Brass Instrument Group.- Chapter 6. Stringed Instrument Group.- Chapter 7. Woodwind Instrument Group.- Chapter 8. Percussion Instrument Group.- Chapter 9. Electronic Instrument Group.- Chapter 10. The Voice Group.- Chapter 11. Room Acoustics.- Chapter 12. Epilog: Connecting the Concepts.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 366 p. 233 illus., 185 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Technik
Schlagworte	Acoustics for musicians • Acoustics for sound engineers • Introduction to acoustics • Musical acoustics textbook • Physics of brass instruments • physics of music • physics of musical instruments • Physics of percussion • physics of string instruments • Physics of woodwind
ISBN-10	3-031-53506-5 / 3031535065
ISBN-13	978-3-031-53506-2 / 9783031535062
Zustand	Neuware