Music Science
- Author: Alencar, Marcelo Sampaio de
Music Science
- Author: Alencar, Marcelo Sampaio de
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The book presents the fundamentals of music science, followed by a discussion on the historical evolution of music. An introduction to the analysis of signals in time and frequency is presented, which includes sound and noise. Features and mathematical aspects of the sound are discussed, including vibration and timbre.
The book presents a review of existing voice models and discusses the voice production, sound perception, music characteristics and acoustics, tempo, rhythm and harmony. Musical theory is presented, including staff, notes, alterations, keys and intervals, tones and associated frequencies and wavelengths.
The creation of major and minor scales is emphasized, along with a study on consonance and dissonance, measure, metric, tempo markings, dynamics, modulation. The book also explains the chord formation, and discusses melody and composition.
The book has four appendices, including an appendix on the basic differentiation and integration theorems, another with useful Fourier tables, and an appendix featuring the notes, their frequencies and wavelengths. The book also has a glossary of music terms.
Contents
- Preface.
- 1. Fundamentals of music science, and its relation to other subjects
- 2. Historical evolution of music, and discusses musical eras
- 3. Relation between musical science and mathematics
- 4. Analysis of signals in time and frequency, and the Fourier theory
- 5. Properties and applications of the Fourier transform
- 6. Basic definitions of musical science, and musical terminology
- 7. Features of the sound production, including vibration and timbre
- 8. Music characteristics and acoustics, including tempo, rhythm and harmony
- 9. Voice models and voice production, along with sound perception
- 10. The creation of major scales and the formation of minor scales
- 11. The study on consonance and dissonance
- 12. Measure and metric, tempo markings and dynamics
- 13. Music theory and chord formation, along with definitions of notes, staff and alterations, keys and intervals, tones and associated frequencies
- 14. Melody the fundamentals of music composition
- 15. Musical instruments, and the usual formation of orchestras and rock bands
- 16. Main music styles, that include classic, modern, popular and human voice styles
- Appendix A. Basic differentiation and integration rules
- Appendix B. Properties of Fourier series and transform
- Appendix C. List of notes, including their frequencies and wavelengths
- Appendix D. Glossary of music terms and acronyms
