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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale
William A. Sethares
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Description for Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale
Hardback. The only things truly universal in music are those that are based on biological and/or perceptual facts. Consonance and dissonance are foundation of harmonic music. This book focuses on perceptions of consonance and dissonance. It begins by asking (and answering) the question: how can we build a device to measure consonance and dissonance? Num Pages: 426 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778.
Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions ofconsonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This alsorelates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scalesthan others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have importantimplications for the design of audio devices and for musical theory andanalysis. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales,ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of soundmanipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance. Specialconsideration is given here to a new method of adaptive tuning that canautomatically adjust the tuning of a piece based its timbral character ... Read more
Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions ofconsonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This alsorelates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scalesthan others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have importantimplications for the design of audio devices and for musical theory andanalysis. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales,ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of soundmanipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance. Specialconsideration is given here to a new method of adaptive tuning that canautomatically adjust the tuning of a piece based its timbral character ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852337971
SKU
V9781852337971
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99-15
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