On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music, tr. with notes by A.J. Ellis |
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On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music ... Hermann Ludwig F Von Helmholtz No preview available - 2018 |
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altered Appendix XIX Bosanquet chord cochlea column combinational tones comma compound tone consonance and dissonance consonant corresponding Crown 8vo curve diatonic scale differential tones dissonant duodene Edition effect equal Semitones equal temperament excited Fifth finger fork Fourth give Greek hammer harmonic upper partial harmonium harmony heard Hence higher human voice inharmonic instruments intervals major Third means melody membrane minor scale minor Seventh minor Sixth modulation motion musical tones natural notation number of beats observed Octave organ perfect perfect Fifths pianoforte pipes pitch position prime tone produced proper tones Pythagorean quality of tone ratio reed resonance chamber Semitones sensation shew shewn simple tones singing skhistic sound string subdominant sympathetic vibration Table tetrachord theory tion tonic triad tube tuned tuning-forks upper partial tones vibrational numbers violin voice vowels waves καὶ