Musical Techniques

Frequencies and Harmony
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78630-058-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

This book is built to start from elementary and fundamental bases to the first degrees of harmony. It provides many theoretical and technical bases of music, presenting in detail relations between physics and music (harmonics, frequency and time spectrum, dissonance, etc.), physiological relations with human body and education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paret, Dominique

Sibony, Serge

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xiii

Introduction xv

Part 1. Laying the Foundations 1

Introduction to Part 1 3

Chapter 1. Sounds, Creation and Generation of Notes 5

1.1. Physical and physiological notions of a sound 5

1.1.1. Auditory apparatus 5

1.1.2. Physical concepts of a sound 7

1.1.3. Further information on acoustics and acoustic physiology 8

1.1.4. Idea of minimum audible gap/interval between two frequencies 16

1.1.5. Why have we told this whole story, then? 22

Chapter 2. Generation of Notes 23

2.1. Concept of octave 23

2.1.1. Choice of inner division of an octave 24

2.2. Modes of generation/creation/construction of notes 25

2.3. Physical/natural generation of notes 26

2.3.1. Harmonics 26

2.3.2. Fractional harmonics 26

2.3.3. Initial conclusions 29

2.3.4. Order of appearance and initial naming of the notes 29

2.3.5. A few important additional remarks 32

2.4. Generation of perfect fifth notes 33

2.4.1. Generation with ascending fifths 33

2.4.2. Generation with descending fifths 37

2.4.3. Conclusions on fifth-based constructions of notes 39

2.5. Important remarks on “physical”/”fifths” generation 40

2.6. Generation of tempered notes 40

2.6.1. Notion of the ear’s logarithmic sensitivity 41

2.6.2. Examples of electronic generation of tempered notes 43

2.6.3. Relative gaps between tempered and electronic notes 43

2.7. In summary and in conclusion on generation of notes 46

2.8. Comparison of gaps between all the notes thus created 49

2.8.1. Note on pitch-perfect hearing… or is it? 53

Chapter 3. Recreation: Frequencies, Sounds and Timbres 55

3.1. Differences between a pure frequency and the timbre of an instrument 55

3.2. Timbre of an instrument, harmonics and harmony 58

3.2.1. Relations between timbres and spectra 60

3.3. Recomposition o

Über Autor(innen)

Dominque Paret is Engineer ESIEE / DEA of physics and was responsible for the technical support of an international leader of electronic components for many years. Professor in numerous engineering schools in France and abroad, he runs a company of consultants/technical experts. He is also a seasoned jazz organist.

Serge Sibony is Engineer ESTP, head of products systems construction, research and development director and Professor in several schools of engineers. A jazz pianist and the author of a series of works on musical composition, he is also a creator and independent developer of sharewares related to music.