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Product Description
The only things truly universal in music are those that are based on biological
and/or perceptual facts. Tuning Timbre Spectrum Scale focuses on perceptions
of consonance and dissonance, which are defined in the Harvard Dictionary of
Music: ?Consonance is used to describe the agreeable effect produced by
certain intervals as against the disagreeable effect produced others.
Consonance and dissonance are the very foundation of harmonic music...
consonance represents the element of smoothness and repose, while
dissonance represents the no less important elements of roughness and
irregularity.? TTSS begins by asking (and answering) the question: How can we
build a device to measure consonance and dissonance? The remainder of the
book describes the impact of such a ?dissonance meter? on music theory, on
synthesizer design, on the construction of musical scales and tunings, on the
design of musical instruments, and introduces related compositional techniques
and new methods of musicological analyses. This new and greatly revised
edition of William Sethares's classic book includes an attached CD-ROM
containing computer programs that enable the reader to easily make use of the
ideas. A new chapter contains a detailed explanation of how the software works.
It incorporates several important simplifications over the full presentation in the
current Chapter 7 in order to allow it to function in real time. Another new
chapter describes the various ways that the software can be used. New sections
throughout the book bring it up to date with the current state of the subject.
TTSS offers a unique analysis of the relationship between the structure of
sound and the structure of scale and will be use to musicians and composers
who use inharmonic tones and sounds. This includes a large percentage of
people composing and performing with modern musical synthesizers. It will be of
use to arrangers, musicologists, and others interested in musical analysis.
TTSS provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and
there are clear applications for the use of inharmonic sounds in film scoring.
The book will also be of interest to engineers and others interested in the
design of audio devices such as musical synthesizers, special effects devices,
and keyboards.
The only things truly universal in music are those that are based on biological
and/or perceptual facts. Tuning Timbre Spectrum Scale focuses on perceptions
of consonance and dissonance, which are defined in the Harvard Dictionary of
Music: ?Consonance is used to describe the agreeable effect produced by
certain intervals as against the disagreeable effect produced others.
Consonance and dissonance are the very foundation of harmonic music...
consonance represents the element of smoothness and repose, while
dissonance represents the no less important elements of roughness and
irregularity.? TTSS begins by asking (and answering) the question: How can we
build a device to measure consonance and dissonance? The remainder of the
book describes the impact of such a ?dissonance meter? on music theory, on
synthesizer design, on the construction of musical scales and tunings, on the
design of musical instruments, and introduces related compositional techniques
and new methods of musicological analyses. This new and greatly revised
edition of William Sethares's classic book includes an attached CD-ROM
containing computer programs that enable the reader to easily make use of the
ideas. A new chapter contains a detailed explanation of how the software works.
It incorporates several important simplifications over the full presentation in the
current Chapter 7 in order to allow it to function in real time. Another new
chapter describes the various ways that the software can be used. New sections
throughout the book bring it up to date with the current state of the subject.
TTSS offers a unique analysis of the relationship between the structure of
sound and the structure of scale and will be use to musicians and composers
who use inharmonic tones and sounds. This includes a large percentage of
people composing and performing with modern musical synthesizers. It will be of
use to arrangers, musicologists, and others interested in musical analysis.
TTSS provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and
there are clear applications for the use of inharmonic sounds in film scoring.
The book will also be of interest to engineers and others interested in the
design of audio devices such as musical synthesizers, special effects devices,
and keyboards.
Product Description
People quite naturally identify the rhythmic structure of music as they tap their feet and
sway in time with the beat. Underlying such mundane motions is an act of cognition that is
not easily reproduced in a computer program or automated by machine. Rhythm and
Transforms asks (and answers) the question: How can we build a device that can "tap its
foot" along with the music? The result is a tool for detecting and measuring the temporal
aspects of a musical performance: the periodicities, the regularities (and irregularities),
the beat, the rhythm. The impact of such a "rhythm meter" on music theory and on the
design of sound processing electronics such as musical synthesizers, drum machines,
and special effects devices is described. The "rhythm meter" provides a concrete basis
for a discussion of the relationship between the cognitive processing of temporal
information and the mathematical techniques used to describe and understand
regularities in data.
Rhythm and Transforms will be of interest to engineers and others interested in the
design of audio devices such as musical synthesizers, special effects devices, drum
machines, and electronic keyboards. It will be useful to musicians and composers who
exploit computer-based tools in the creation and the recording process. It will be of use to
arrangers, musicologists, and others interested in musical analysis. Rhythm and
Transforms provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and there
are clear applications to the synchronization of audio with video (i.e., film scoring).
Finally, the target audience also includes those interested in the way the ear works, and
how this influences the types of sound patterns we like to listen to.
Accompanying the text of Rhythm and Transforms is a CD containing a wide range of
audio examples that convincingly demonstrate the book’s ideas. In addition, the inclusion
of a suite of programs (a Matlab® "toolbox") will allow readers to reproduce many of the
of these ideas’ results.
People quite naturally identify the rhythmic structure of music as they tap their feet and
sway in time with the beat. Underlying such mundane motions is an act of cognition that is
not easily reproduced in a computer program or automated by machine. Rhythm and
Transforms asks (and answers) the question: How can we build a device that can "tap its
foot" along with the music? The result is a tool for detecting and measuring the temporal
aspects of a musical performance: the periodicities, the regularities (and irregularities),
the beat, the rhythm. The impact of such a "rhythm meter" on music theory and on the
design of sound processing electronics such as musical synthesizers, drum machines,
and special effects devices is described. The "rhythm meter" provides a concrete basis
for a discussion of the relationship between the cognitive processing of temporal
information and the mathematical techniques used to describe and understand
regularities in data.
Rhythm and Transforms will be of interest to engineers and others interested in the
design of audio devices such as musical synthesizers, special effects devices, drum
machines, and electronic keyboards. It will be useful to musicians and composers who
exploit computer-based tools in the creation and the recording process. It will be of use to
arrangers, musicologists, and others interested in musical analysis. Rhythm and
Transforms provides a unique approach to working with environmental sounds, and there
are clear applications to the synchronization of audio with video (i.e., film scoring).
Finally, the target audience also includes those interested in the way the ear works, and
how this influences the types of sound patterns we like to listen to.
Accompanying the text of Rhythm and Transforms is a CD containing a wide range of
audio examples that convincingly demonstrate the book’s ideas. In addition, the inclusion
of a suite of programs (a Matlab® "toolbox") will allow readers to reproduce many of the
of these ideas’ results.
William A. Sethares
Professor
Professor
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