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Musical Acoustics - download

A minimally revised and edited version of the original submitted manuscript for chapter 15, Musical Acoustics: Springer Handbook of Acoustics

Editor: T.D. Rossing

Springer-Verlag Berlin Hidelberg 2007(1st edition) pp. 533-668 and 2014 (2nd edition) pp. 567-702 

Springer Handbook of Acoustics

contents - 230 pages, 142 figures, 60 audio and video files

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Introduction

vibrations and normal modes, radiated sound,

anatomy of musical sounds, perception and psycho-acoustics

String instruments 

linear and non-linear string vibrations, bowed string,

bridge, soundpost and body shell modes,

coupled vibrations,

measurements, radiated sound, quality assessment 

Wind and brass instruments

Resonances in cylindrical and conical tubes, single and double reeds, brass mouthpiece, air jets, woodwind and brass instruments

Percussion instruments

Instruments based on membranes, bars, plates and shells.