{"product_id":"the-science-of-music-mark-ballora-9781516523566","title":"The Science of Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Science of Music\u003c\/em\u003e provides students with an overview of musical acoustics, including waves and resonance, the auditory system and psychoacoustics, musical scales and members of the orchestral instrument families, room acoustics, audio technology, and data sonification. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Over the course of 20 chapters, students learn the role of vibration in creating sound, how to understand simple harmonic motion with the assistance of mathematical equations, and the enormous effects that sound has on us. Chapters are dedicated to timbre, auditory scene analysis, tuning and scales, and the original instruments of voice and percussion. Students explore the history, composition, and science of instruments in the woodwind, brass, and violin families. Closing chapters discuss analog and digital audio technology, and auditory display and sonification. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comprehensive and approachable, \u003cem\u003eThe Science of Music\u003c\/em\u003e is ideal for general education courses in musical acoustics. Students of introductory physics or acoustics courses may also find the text particularly valuable. Additionally, the book could serve as a great guide for musicians who wish to know more about the science behind their art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Ballora\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of music technology in the School of Music at Pennsylvania State University. He earned degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles, New York University, and McGill University. Ballora has designed sound and electroacoustic scores for modern dance, theater, animated films, and radio dramas. He has written articles describing uses of sonification in a variety areas, including cardiology, computer network security, cosmology, and oceanography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Ballora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1516523563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781516523566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Mark Ballora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136466534655,"sku":"9781516523566","price":137.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_478835c1-c84b-4088-88f6-9f2451d96a09.jpg?v=1755023430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-of-music-mark-ballora-9781516523566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}