Overview: 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 introducti.This book, a classic in its field, deals with the physical systems and physiological processes that intervene in music. It analyzes what objective, physical properties of sound are associated with what subjective psychological sensations of music, and it describes how these sound patterns are actually generated in musical instruments, how they propagate through the environment, and how
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