Description: I. MOTION, ENERGY, WAVES, AND OTHER PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES. 1. Motion, Force, and Energy. 2. Vibrating Systems. 3. Waves. 4. Resonance. II. PERCEPTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SOUND. 5. Hearing. 6. Sound Pressure, Power, and Loudness. 7. Pitch and Timbre. 8. Combination Tones and Harmony. III. ACOUSTICS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 9. Musical Scales and Temperament. 10. String Instruments. 11. Brass Instruments. 12. Woodwind Instruments. 13. Percussion Instruments. 14. Keyboard Instruments. IV. THE HUMAN VOICE. 15. Speech Production. 16. Speech Recognition, Analysis, and Synthesis. 17. Singing. V. THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION OF SOUND. 18. A Little About Electricity. 19. Filters, Amplifiers, and Oscillators. 20. Microphones and Loudspeakers. 21. The Recording and Reproduction of Sound. 22. Components for High-Fidelity Sound. VI. THE ACOUSTICS OF ROOMS. 23. Auditorium Acoustics. 24. Electronic Reinforcements of Sound. 25. High-Fidelity Sound-Reproducing Systems. VII. ELECTRONIC MUSIC. 26. Electronic Organs and other Musical Instruments. 27. Electronic Music Synthesizers. 28. Digital Techniques for Generating and Recording Sound. 29. Digital Computers and Musical Sound. VIII. ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE. 30. Noise in the Environment. 31. The Effects of Noise on People. 32. The Control of Noise. 33. Measuring Instruments. Appendices. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems. Index.

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