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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I Sound and Sound Waves
1 Making Music: How Sound Is Made
2 The Sound of Music: Perception
3 Good Vibes: Waves in Motion
II The Building Blocks of Music
4 Making Music Beautiful: Complex Musical Tones
5 The Well-Tempered Scale
6 Down Melody Lane with Chords and Chord Sequences
7 “You’ve Gotta Have Rhythm”: Rhythm and Types of Music
III Musical Instruments
8 Why a Piano Is Not a Harpsichord
9 The Stringed Instruments: Making Music with the Violin and the Guitar
10 The Brass Instruments: Trumpet and Trombone
11 The Woodwinds: Clarinet and Saxophone
12 The Most Versatile Instrument: The Singing Voice
IV New Technologies and Acoustics
13 Electronic Music
14 Making a MIDI Recording
15 The Acoustics of Concert Halls and Studios
Epilogue
Suggested Readings
Index
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