Music Acoustics (1997-[current]). Retrieved [date] from
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/.
(Some of the individual pages have 'revised [date]' at
the foot of the page.)
Scientific references
For our scientific work, see Publications,
where many of our papers may be downloaded in pdf format.
For general references, our favourite book on Music
Acoustics is
The Physics of Musical Instruments, N.H. Fletcher
and T.D. Rossing, (Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1998).
The Science of Musical Sounds, J. Sundberg,
(Academic, San Diego, 1989).
The Science of Sound, T.D. Rossing, (Addison-Wesley,
Reading, Mass, 1982).
Non-technical references
Rossing's book (above) is designed for readers who have
no training in physics or maths and so it includes easy-to-follow
appendices on some relevant areas of mathematics and physics.
We are often asked if there are books that are suitable
for musicians who really want to avoid technical language
and equations completely. For this purpose, we recommend
Howard Pollard's books, in which equations never
appear: