Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. A full glossary and index also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on instruments not included in the text, making this the essential reference for everyone researching and working with musical instruments and performance.

Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music

Arts & Photography

Myers, Arnold

Campbell, Murray

Greated, Clive

Music

Oxford University Press

Musical Instruments: History, Technology and Performance of Instruments of Western Music

Campbell, Donald Murray

Greated, Clive Alan

This book provides an in-depth account of the fascinating but far from simple actions and processes that take place when a brass instrument is played. Written by three leading researchers in brass instrument acoustics who are also experienced brass players, it draws together the many recent advances in our understanding of the subtly interrelated factors shaping the musician's control of the instrument's sound. The reader is introduced to models of sound generation, propagation and radiation. In particular, the current understanding of the behaviour of the player's lips, the modes of vibration of the air column inside the instrument, and the radiation of sound from a brass instrument bell are explained. The functions of the mouthpiece and of mutes are discussed. Spectral enrichment arising from nonlinear propagation of the internal sound wave in loud playing is shown to be an important influence on the timbre of many types of brass instrument. The characteristics of brass instruments in contemporary use (including cornets, trumpets, french horns, trombones and tubas) are identified, and related to those of the great variety of instruments at earlier stages in the evolution of the brass family. This copiously illustrated book concludes with case studies of the recreation of ancient instruments and some of the current applications of electronics and information technology to brass instrument performance. While most of the material presented is accessible by a general readership, the topic of musical instrument modelling is developed at a mathematical level which makes it a useful academic resource for advanced teaching and research. <ul> <li>Written by three internationally acknowledged experts in the acoustics and organology of brass instruments who are also experienced brass instrument players.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Provides both an accessible introduction to brass instrument science and a review of recent research results and mathematical modeling techniques</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Represents the first monograph on the science underlying the design and performance of musical instruments of the brass family</li> </ul>

The Science of Brass Instruments (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing)

Science & Math

Gilbert, Joël

Evolution

Springer

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