This text explains how the subject of music relates to the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

With simple step-by-step illustrated instructions, shows young readers how to make their own musical bottles. Includes a glossary.

Explores the science behind topics related to music.

"Discover how music is made, the many different forms it takes, and the ... artists that make it"--Back cover.

"Explains essential facts about sound, including human voices, how musical instruments work, echoes, and ultrasound. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher. Explains essential facts about sound, including human voices, how musical instruments work, echoes, and ultrasound. Includes experiments.

Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the Sound Museum, where they learn the principles of sound with the help of a ghost and her great-granddaughter.

Explores the science behind music focusing on sound waves and vibrations, human hearing, and musical instruments. Includes an experiment, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Music is an art that depends greatly on the quality of the instrument as well as the skill and talent of the performer, the nature of the music itself, and the perceptions of the listener. This program explains how the brain perceives music and why certain melodies seem more appealing than others. The flute is used to show how this instrument has been adapted to different music and musicians at different times. Lute-making illustrates how music and...

John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics.

Pythagoras believed that music originates in nature and that natural harmonies express very distinct mathematical relationships between their notes. From Pythagoras' first scales and the advent of harmony to the standardization of all instruments to equal temperament, this program traces the evolution of the system of tuning that revolutionized Western music. Few musical cultures have escaped its influence, and without it, much of the world's most...