Author : Genevieve Helsby
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402208251
"Your guide to the orchestra through sounds and stories." front cover.
Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486171515
Written by a distinguished musicologist, this comprehensive history of musical instruments traces their evolution from prehistoric times in a fusion of music, anthropology, and fine arts. Includes 24 plates and 167 illustrations.
Author : Bart Hopkin
Publisher : See Sharp Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1884365833
This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions.
Author : Samuel Applebaum
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 1985-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780769290027
Author : Thomas Patteson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 0520288025
Listening to instruments -- "The joy of precision" : mechanical instruments and the aesthetics of automation -- "The alchemy of tone" : Jörg Mager and electric music -- "Sonic handwriting" : media instruments and musical inscription -- "A new, perfect musical instrument" : the trautonium and electric music in the 1930s -- The expanding instrumentarium
Author : William P. Malm
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 1990-06-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1462912354
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan. Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations: The history of Japanese music Construction of the instruments Analysis of the music itself. The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of fascinating photographs and drawings the main forms of musical expression. Many readers will find the useful hints on purchasing instruments, records, and books especially valuable, and for those who wish to pursue the matter further there is a selected bibliography and a guide to Tokyo's somewhat hidden world of Japanese music. It will be found an invaluable aid to the understanding and appreciation of an important, but little-known, and fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.
Author : Anthony Baines
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486275744
Evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments. Indispensable resource for any brass player or music historian. Over 140 illustrations and 48 music examples.
Author : Richard C. Greene
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780876141861
Text and photographs explain the workings of the world's largest musical instrument, the pipe organ.
Author : Neville H. Fletcher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387216030
While the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilisation itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustic measurements. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - fascinating intellectual and practical exercises. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music. A guide for all who have an interest in music and how it is produced, as well as serving as a comprehensive reference for those undertaking research in the field.
Author : Antoine Chaigne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1493936794
This book, the first English-language translation of Acoustique des instruments de musique, Second Edition, presents the necessary foundations for understanding the complex physical phenomena involved in musical instruments. What is the function of the labium in a flute? Which features of an instrument allow us to make a clear audible distinction between a clarinet and a trumpet? With the help of numerous examples, these questions are addressed in detail. The authors focus in particular on the significant results obtained in the field during the last fifteen years. Their goal is to show that elementary physical models can be used with benefit for various applications in sound synthesis, instrument making, and sound recording. The book is primarily addressed to graduate students and researchers; however it could also be of interest for engineers, musicians, craftsmen, and music lovers who wish to learn about the basics of musical acoustics.
