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Author: kny
Date: 2001-01-29 02:19
Hi
I would like to read up about musical instruments acoustics and I wonder if any of you guys could recommend me a book? A book that is not too mathematical will be desired
Has anyone read Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics by Arthur H. Benade?
Are there any other musical instrument forums on the internet?
kny
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Author: deebee
Date: 2001-01-29 03:12
kny – check out:
Campbell, M and Greated, C "The Musician's Guide to Acoustics" J M Dent & Sons (1987) – makes it all fairly straight-forward; some formulae if you want them; big bibliography (which mentions Benade – haven't seen that one myself)
for flute stuff:
http://users.uniserve.com/~lwk/welcome.htm
double reeds:
http://www.bdrs.org.uk
sax:
http://www.geocities.com/harrir/saxophone/forum.html
"Google" normally pulls interesting sites out of nowhere – go to the "advanced_search" page to zero in on "unusual" countries, sub-topics, etc
cheers – deebee
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-01-29 09:49
Rendall's "The Clarinet" and Anthony Baines' "Woodwind Instruments And Their History" are both excellent and not too trchnical for the layperson.
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Author: uliano guerrini
Date: 2001-01-29 12:03
I'm in the process of reading FoMA by Benade.
as a physicist I'm finding it far from my usual "lot of math" approach:
it uses few formulas and no superior math but it is not at all trivial: in the ideas and in the way they are treated, I guess that it is readble by anyone SERIOUSLY concerned in the matter. this doesn' mean that the reading will be fast/effortless
at least you need to be confident with math/physics from high school
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-29 15:18
I've read Benade's book -- it's currently the best and most objective treatment of the subject, but still makes the occasional (though rare) unsubstantiated statement, and probably opens the door to as many questions as it answers. Much more work is needed in this field! Benade's book is very good indeed, but certainly isn't (and shouldn't be) the final word.
I've also read O.Lee Gibson's "pamphlet" "Clarinet Acoustics", and, although an entertaining afternoon's reading, I think that, as an ostensibly scientific treatise, it stinks! It's full of completely unsubstantiated opinions masquerading as scientific observations --- it's really nothing more than the author's personal observations and biases written in the form of a "textbook". And like so many tests on clarinet acoustics, it frequently just quotes or paraphrases Benade's work (sometimes misinterpreting it or ascribing an unjustified universality to his findings).
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Author: larryb
Date: 2001-01-29 17:50
Yes, Dave, but do you know where all those 1930s Selmers are?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-01-29 18:15
I dont either, Larry, except for a 1925-30 G M Bundy [fabrique par Selmer, Paris], which to me is a "bright" , fair-playing clar. Your comments re: Gibson, Dave may be a bit harsh, I did learn something there. Benade's , very-readable, "Horns, Strings and Harmony" is , I believe, still available via Amazon ,well worth studying, also Search the Forum, since we have discussed acoustics several times before. Don
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