The Physics and Psychophysics of Music

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Beschreibung

This introductory text deals with the physical systems and biological processes that intervene in what we broadly call ¿music. ¿ We shall analyze what obj- tive, physical properties of sound patterns are associated with what subjective, psychological sensations of music. We shall describe how these sound patterns are actually produced in musical instruments, how they propagate through the environment, and how they are detected by the ear and interpreted in the brain. We shall do all this by using the physicist¿s language and his method of thought and analysis¿without, however, using complicated mathematics. Although no previous knowledge of physics, physiology, and neurobiology is required, it is assumedthatthereaderpossesseshigh-schooleducationandisfamiliarwithbasic aspects of music, in particular with musical notation, scales and intervals, musical instruments and typical musical ¿sensations. ¿ Books are readily available on the fundamentals of physics of music (e. g. , Benade, 1990; Pierce, 1983; Fletcher and Rossing, 1998; Johnston, 2003) and psychoacoustics, music psychology and perception (e. g. , Plomp, 1976; Deutsch, 1982a; Zatorre and Peretz, 2001; Hartmann, 2005). An excellent text on musical acoustics is that of Sundberg (1991), still most useful 17 years later; comp- hensive discussions of recent researches on pitch perception and related au- tory mechanisms can be found in Plack et al. (2005). The purpose of the present volume is not to duplicate but to synthesize and complement existing literature.

Über den Autor

The author is a space scientist of international reputation with a close and active relation with music (he studied organ with the late maestros Héctor Zeoli in Buenos Aires and Hans Jendis in Göttingen), who organized and directed the international workshops on the Neuropsychological Foundations of Music at the Carinthian Music Festivals in Ossiach, Austria. These workshops, held regularly between 1973 and 1985, have been credited as being the originators of the interdisciplinary approach to the study of music perception. In 2007 he was invited to deliver the opening lecture on Music and the Evolution of Human Brain Function at the international congress Mozart and Science in Baden/Vienna, Austria.

Zusammenfassung

Much of the book is accessible with no prior knowledge of physics, mathematics, physiology or psychology; more advanced mathematics is given in appendixes

This new edition of a best-selling introduction contains substantially revised coverage of psychoacoustics, including new research in functional MRI, consciousness, and emotion

The only existing single-authored, truly interdisciplinary, up-to-date text on musical tone generation and perception

Earlier editions translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese

Offers the opportunity to non-scientists to learn about and appreciate the beauty of science, and offers the opportunity to scientists to learn and appreciate the intimate relationship between science and art

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Science of Music and the Music of Science: A Multidisciplinary Overview.- Sound Vibrations, Pure Tones, and the Perception of Pitch.- Sound Waves, Acoustic Energy, and the Perception of Loudness.- Generation of Musical Sounds, Complex Tones, and the Perception of Timbre.- Superposition and Successions of Complex Tones and the Integral Perception of Music.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Mechanik & Akustik
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xiii 229 S.
ISBN-13:	9780387094700
ISBN-10:	0387094709
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	11411987
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Roederer, Juan G.
Auflage:	4th ed. 2009
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße:	235 x 155 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Juan G. Roederer
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.10.2008
Gewicht:	0,376 kg

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