Musical instruments : history, technology and performance of instruments of western music
Campbell, Murray2004
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How Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, are manufactured, and are used to make music. The nature of sounds in music and the sound production mechanisms of different families of instruments. Each family is surveyed in turn.
Main title:
Musical instruments : history, technology and performance of instruments of western music / by Murray Campbell, Clive Greated and Arnold Myers
Imprint:
Oxford Oxford University Press 2004
Collation:
510 p illustrations
Audience:
TertiaryGeneral
Contents:
Sounds and Sweet Airs: Making Waves - TheHearingProcess - The Pitches of Musical Sounds - The Loudness of Musical Sounds - The Timbre of Musical Sounds - Family Resemblances: Classifying Instruments - Vibrating Air Columns: The Aerophone Family - Vibrating Strings: The Chordophone Family - Vibrating Drumskins: The Membranophone Family - Vibrating Bars and Plates: The Idiophone Family - Electrical Oscillations: The Electrophone Family - Woodwind Instruments with Reeds: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - Reed Woodwind Families - Making the Instrument and the Reed - Performance Practice - The Flute Family: Acoustical Principles - HistoricalDevelopment - Instrument Construction - Performance Practice - Avant-Garde Techniques - Bugles and Horns: Acoustical principles - Historical Development - Instruments in Modern Use - Instrument Construction - Performance Practice - Trumpets and Trombones: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - Instruments in Modern Use - Instrument Construction - Performance Practice - Percussion Instruments: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - Instruments in Modern Use - Instrument Construction - Performance Practice - Stringed Instruments Played with a Bow: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - Instruments in Modern Use - Instrument Construction - Performance Practice - Plucked and Hammered Stringed Instruments: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - Instruments in Modern Use - Constructional Techniques - Performance Practice - Clavichord and Harpsichord: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - The Clavichord and Harpsichord Today - Construction and Tuning of Harpsichords and Clavichords - Performance Practice - The Pianoforte: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - The Piano Today - Making and Tuning a Piano - Performance Practice - The Pipe Organ: Acoustical Principles - Historical Development - How the Organ Works - How an Organ is Constructed - Techniques of Organ-Playing - Electroacoustic, Electromechanical, and Electronic Instruments: Electroacoustic Principles - Historical Development - Electronic Sound Generation - Control Techniques - Performance Practice - Appendices: Table of Pitches and Frequencies - 2 Keywork Tables for Typical Woodwinds - Brass Instrument Sizes
ISBN:
0198165048 (hbk)
Dewey class:
784.19 MUS
Local class:
784.19
Language:
English
BRN:
137424
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 784.19 MUS | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |