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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale begins by explaining the relevant terms from the psychoacoustic literature. For instance, the perception of “timbre” is closely related to (but also distinct from) the physical notion of the spectrum of a sound. Similarly, the perception of “in-tuneness” parallels the measurable idea of sensory consonance. The key idea is that consonance and dissonance are not inherent qualities of intervals, but they are dependent on the spectrum, timbre, or tonal quality of the sound. To demonstrate this, the first sound example on the accompanying CD plays a short phrase where the octave has been made dissonant by devious choice of timbre, even though other, nonoctave intervals remain consonant. In fact, almost any interval can be made dissonant or consonant by proper sculpting of the timbre.
Dissonance curves provide a straightforward way to predict the most consonant intervals for a given sound, and the set of most-consonant intervals defines a scale related to the specified spectrum. These allow musicians and composers to design sounds according to the needs of their music, rather than having to create music around the sounds of a few common instruments. The spectrum/scale relationship provides a map for the exploration of inharmonic musical worlds.
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..
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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale begins by explaining the relevant terms from the psychoacoustic literature. For instance, the perception of “timbre” is closely related to (but also distinct from) the physical notion of the spectrum of a sound. Similarly, the perception of “in-tuneness” parallels the measurable idea of sensory consonance. The key idea is that consonance and dissonance are not inherent qualities of intervals, but they are dependent on the spectrum, timbre, or tonal quality of the sound. To demonstrate this, the first sound example on the accompanying CD plays a short phrase where the octave has been made dissonant by devious choice of timbre, even though other, nonoctave intervals remain consonant. In fact, almost any interval can be made dissonant or consonant by proper sculpting of the timbre.
Dissonance curves provide a straightforward way to predict the most consonant intervals for a given sound, and the set of most-consonant intervals defines a scale related to the specified spectrum. These allow musicians and composers to design sounds according to the needs of their music, rather than having to create music around the sounds of a few common instruments. The spectrum/scale relationship provides a map for the exploration of inharmonic musical worlds.
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..
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