References and links

• References
• Links
• Institutions
• Journals
• Links
• Manufacturers with useful information
• National acoustics labs

  How to reference this web site

  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).
  Some less technical reference books are
  • Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, A.H. Benade, (Oxford Univ. Press, NY, 1976).
  • 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:
  • Acoustics Applied to Music and
  • Orchestral & Keyboard Instruments
  See also
  • The Science of Music,
    which is also equation-free, and which has lots of musical demonstrations and examples.

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  Links

  • Institutions
  • Journals
  • Links
  • Manufacturers with useful information
  • National acoustics labs

    Some other research labs/institutions in music acoustics

    • The Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm.
    • IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) in Paris.
    • Le Laboratoire d' Acoustique Musicale in Paris.
    • La Fondazione Scuola di San Giorgio in Venice.
    • The Acoustics group at the University of Edinburgh.
    • The Acoustics group at Cardiff University.
    • The Institut fur Wiener Klangstil, Music University, Vienna.
    • The Phoniatrics Laboratory at Aachen University.
    • The Music Acoustics Lab at the Kyushu Institute of Design.
    • The Music Acoustics Research Laboratory at Stanford University.
    • The homepage of Chen-Gia Tsai, who did part of his doctoral research at UNSW.

    • The Australian Acoustical Society.
    • The Acoustical Society of America.
    • The European Acoustics Association.

    • The International Symposium on Music Acoustics will next be held in Sydney and Katoomba, 2010.

    Some journals covering music acoustics

    • Acta Acoustica.
    • Acoustics Australia.
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
    • The Journal of Sound and Vibration.
    • Music Perception.
    • The Catgut Acoustical Society Journal.

    Other useful links

    • A page of links to researchers in music acoustics, provided by Matthias Bertsch in Vienna.
    • A dictionary of acoustical terms, courtesy of the European Acoustics Association.
    • A list of multimedia education resources, courtesy of the European Acoustics Association.
    • PSIgate, a well organised science resource catalogue that includes a list of resources on music acoustics.
    • Music Australia is a resource for Australian music.
    • Keystave has some public domain music, dictionaries of musical terms and more.
    • Art Ludwig's site has pages on hifi, sound and hearing.

    Manufacturers with interesting material about music acoustics

    • Australian Bell: history, principles and pitch perception for bells.
    • Terry McGee makes baroque, classical and other flutes. His web site has much historical and technical information.
    • Gilet Guitars has detailed information on guitar construction.

    National Acoustics Laboratories

    • Australia's National Acoustics Laboratory.