Piano Power
Piano Power

Author: Richard Prokop

Publisher: Greenacres PressInc

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 9781929583003

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Physics of the Piano
Physics of the Piano

Author: Nicholas J. Giordano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-10-27

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0192506633

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Why does a piano sound like a piano? A similar question can be asked of virtually all musical instruments. A particular note-such as middle C-can be produced by a piano, a violin, a clarinet, and many other instruments, yet it is easy for even a musically untrained listener to distinguish between these different instruments. A central quest in the study of musical instruments is to understand why the sound of the "same" note depends greatly on the instrument, and to elucidate which aspects of an instrument are most critical in producing the musical tones characteristic of the instrument. The primary goal of this book is to investigate these questions for the piano. The explanations in this book use a minimum of mathematics, and are intended for anyone who is interested in music and musical instruments. At the same time, there are many insights relating physics and the piano that will likely be interesting and perhaps surprising for many physicists.

Spectral Analysis of Musical Sounds with Emphasis on the Piano
Spectral Analysis of Musical Sounds with Emphasis on the Piano

Author: David M. Koenig

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 0198722907

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In this book the tools of spectral analysis are applied via graphics to musical sounds, especially those coming from a piano, with emphasis on the visualization of musical sounds rather than the mathematics behind it. The aim is to give a different and insightful view of musical instruments.

Powers, Parts and Wholes
Powers, Parts and Wholes

Author: Christopher J. Austin

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-08-25

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1000931110

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This volume offers a fresh exploration of the parts–whole relations within a power and among powers. While the metaphysics of powers has been extensively examined in the literature, powers have yet to be studied from the perspective of their mereology. Powers are often assumed to be atomic, and yet what they can do—and what can happen to them—is complex. But if powers are simple, how can they have complex manifestations? Can powers have parts? According to which rules of composition do powers compose into powers? Given the centrality of powers in current scientific as well as philosophical thought, recognizing and understanding the ontological differences between atomic and mereologically complex powers is important, for both philosophy and science. The first part of this book explores how powers divide; the second part, how powers compose. The final part showcases some specific study cases in the domains of quantum mechanics and psychology. Powers, Parts and Wholes will be of interest to professional philosophers and graduate students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science and logic.