Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 5th Edition

Chapter 3

Notes and Harmony

Chapter Contents

• 3.1  Musical Notes
  • 3.1.1  Musical Notes and Their Fundamental Frequency
  • 3.1.2  Musical Notes and Their Harmonics
  • 3.1.3  Musical Intervals between Harmonics
• 3.2  Hearing Pitch
  • 3.2.1  Place Theory of Pitch Perception
  • 3.2.2  Problems with the Place Theory
  • 3.2.3  Temporal Theory of Pitch Perception
  • 3.2.4  Problems with the Temporal Theory
  • 3.2.5  Contemporary Theory of Pitch Perception
  • 3.2.6  Secondary Aspects of Pitch Perception
• 3.3  Hearing Notes
  • 3.3.1  Harmonics and the Development of Western Harmony
  • 3.3.2  Consonance and Dissonance
  • 3.3.3  Hearing Musical Intervals
• 3.4  Tuning Systems
  • 3.4.1  Pythagorean Tuning
  • 3.4.2  Just Tuning
  • 3.4.3  Equal Tempered Tuning
• References

3.1 Musical Notes

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