Casts new light on the physics of musical instruments

Includes up-to-date research published in the field of musical acoustics in the last fifteen years

Outlines new methods developed in other fields such as complex modes and nonlinear normal modes

Represents the only book on the physics of musical instruments to include practice exercises, catering to a broad audience of graduate students and researchers

Brings the essential Acoustique des instruments de musique to an English audience for the first time

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Part I - Basic Equations and Oscillators.- 1. Continuous models. 1.1 Strings, membranes, bars, plates and shells. 1.2 3D acoustic waves. 1.3 Energy, intensity, power.- 2. Single-degree-of-freedom oscillator. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Solution with and without a source. Green's function. 2.3 Examples of free and forced oscillations.- Part II - Waves and modes.- 3. Modes. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Time scale. Transition from wave to mode. 3.3 Definitions and basic properties of the eigenmodes.- 4. Waves. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Solutions without source, first reflection. 4.3 Successive reflections of waves produced by a pulse source.- 5. Dissipation and damping. 5.1 Introduction: dissipative phenomena in musical acoustics. 5.2 Generalizing the concept of mode. 5.3 Damping mechanisms in solid materials.- 6. Coupled systems. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Structure-cavity interaction. 6.3 Coupling of piano strings.- 7. Wind Instruments: variable cross section and toneholes. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Pipes with variable cross section: general equations. 7.3 Pipes with cross section discontinuities: first approximation.- Part III - Nonlinearities and self-oscillations.- 8. Nonlinearities. 8.1 An example of asymmetry: the interrupted pendulum. 8.2 Duffing equation. 8.3 Nonlinear vibration of strings.- 9. Reed instruments. 9.1 Background on self-sustained oscillations. 9.2 Reed-instruments models. 9.3 Behavior of the two-equation model (regimes, existence and stability, transients) without reed dynamics.- 10. Flute-like instruments. 10.1 An introduction and general description. 10.2 A global model for the instrument. 10.3 A modeling for the jet oscillation.- 11. Bowed string instruments. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Bow-string interaction. 11.3 Bow models.- Part IV - Radiation and sound-structure interaction. - 12. Elementary sources and multipoles. 12.1 Introduction: acoustical radiation of musical instruments. 12.2 Elementary sources. 12.3 Pulsating sphere.- 13. Radiation of vibrating structures. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Basic concepts in structural acoustics. 13.3 Radiation of an infinite thin plate.- 14. Radiation of complex systems. 14.1 Example of the vibraphone. 14.2 Example of the kettledrum. 14.3 Example of the guitar.- Glossary.- Index.