musical sound: References & Edit History
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Willem A. Van Bergeijk, J.R. Pierce, and E.A. David, Waves and the Ear (1960); Arthur H. Benade, Horns, Strings and Harmony (1960); Charles A. Culver, Musical Acoustics, 4th ed. (1956); John Backus, The Acoustical Foundations of Music (1969); John Mills, A Fugue in Cycles and Bels (1935); Max F. Meyer, How We Hear: How Tones Make Music (1950); Llewelyn S. Lloyd, The Musical Ear (1940); Alexander Wood, The Physics of Music, 6th ed. (1962); René Descartes, Musicae compendium (1650; Eng. trans., Compendium of Music, 1961); Cornelis J. Nederveen, Acoustical Aspects of Woodwind Instruments (1969).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Video and link added. | Mar 30, 2023 | ||
| Revised discussion of the semitone to note that it is the smallest interval used in the Western pitch system. | May 12, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Musical Sound. | Sep 20, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 08, 1998 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 09, 1998 |
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