MUMT 618: Reference List

Musical Acoustics: Introductory Books

Backus, J., The Acoustical Foundations of Music, Second Edition, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1977. (ML3805.B126)
Benade, A., Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, Second Revised Edition, Dover Publications, 1990. (ML3805.B456)
Berg, R.E. and Stork, D.G., The Physics of Sound, Second Edition, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995. (QC225.15.B47)
Hall, D., Musical Acoustics, Second Edition, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1991. (ML3805.H175)
Rossing, Moore, Wheeler, The Science of Sound, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 2002. (QC225.15.R67)
Mehta, M., Johnson, J., and Rocafort, J., Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Design, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. (NA2800.M45)
Meyer, J., Acoustics and the Performance of Music, Translated by Bowsher and Westphal, Bold Strummer, 1995, currently out of print.

Musical Acoustics: More Advanced Books

Antoine Chaigne and Jean Kergomard, Acoustique des instruments de musique, Belin: Paris, 2008 (ML3805.C43)
Cremer, L., The Physics of the Violin, MIT Press, 1984.
Fletcher, N.H. and Rossing, T.D., The Physics of Musical Instruments, Springer-Verlag, Second Edition, 1993.
Hirschberg, A., Kergomard, J. and Weinreich, G., The Mechanics of Musical Instruments, Springer-Verlag, 1995.
Kinsler, L., Frey, A., Coppens, A., and Sanders, J., Fundamentals of Acoustics, Wiley, 1982.
Main, I.G., Vibrations and Waves in Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Morse, P.M., Vibration and Sound, American Institute of Physics, 1976.
Morse, P.M. and Ingard, K.U., Theoretical Acoustics, Princeton University Press, 1968.
Nederveen, C.J., Acoustical Aspects of Woodwind Instruments, Northern Illinois University Press, ISBN: 0875805779; Revised Edition (July 1998).
Roederer, J.G., Introduction to the Physics and Psychophysics of Music, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1975.
Sundberg, J., The Science of the Singing Voice, Northern Illinois University Press, 1987.

Music Instrument Acoustics: Introductory Articles

Benade, A.H., "The Physics of Woodwinds," Scientific American, October 1960, pp. 145-154.
Benade, A.H., "The Physics of Brasses," Scientific American, July 1973, pp. 24-35.
Chanaud, R., "Aerodynamic Whistles," Scientific American, January, 1970, pp. 40-46.
Choi, C., "Secrets of the Stradivarius: An Interview with Joseph Nagyvary," Scientific American, June 2002.
Fletcher, N.H., and Thwaites, S., "The Physics of Organ Pipes," Scientific American, January 1983, pp. 94-103.
Hutchins, C.M., "The Physics of Violins," Scientific American, November 1962, pp. 78-93.
Hutchins, C.M., "The Acoustics of Violin Plates," Scientific American, October 1981.
Rossing, T., "The Physics of Kettle Drums," Scientific American, Volume 247, No. 5, 1982, pp. 172-178.
Sundberg, J., "The Acoustics of the Singing Voice," Scientific American, March, 1977.

Music Instrument Acoustics & Modeling: A Few Historically Important Articles

Adachi, S. and Sato, M., ``Time-domain simulation of sound production in the brass instrument,'' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 97, pp. 3850-3861, 1995.
Adachi, S. and Sato, M., ``Trumpet sound simulation using a two-dimensional lip vibration model,'' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 99, pp. 1200-1209, 1996.
Ayers, D., Eliason, L., and Mahgerefteh, D., "The Conical Bore in Musical Acoustics," American Journal of Physics, 53(6), 1985, pp. 528-537.
Backus, J., "Vibrations of the reed and air column in the clarinet," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 33(6), 1961, pp. 806-809.
Backus, J., "Small-Vibration Theory of the Clarinet," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 35(3), 1963, pp. 305-313.
Benade, A. H., "On Woodwind Instrument Bores," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 31(2), 1959, pp. 137-146.
Benade, A. H., "On the Mathematical Theory of Woodwind Finger Holes," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 32(12), 1960, pp. 1591-1608.
Benade, A. H., "Equivalent Circuits for Conical Waveguides," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83(5), 1988, pp. 1764-1769.
Caussé, René and Kergomard, J. and Lurton, X., "Input Impedance of Brass Musical Instruments-Comparison Between Experiment and Numerical Models," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(1), 1984, pp. 241-254.
Coltman, J., "Resonance and Sounding Frequencies of the Flute," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 40(1), 1966, pp. 99-107.
Cook, P. R., "Physically Informed Sonic Modeling (PhISM): Synthesis of Percussive Sounds," Computer Music Journal, 21(3), 1997, pp. 38-49.
Elliott, S.J. and Bowsher, J.M., "Regeneration in Brass Wind Instruments," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 83(2), 1982, pp. 181-217.
Fletcher, N. H., "Excitation Mechanisms in Woodwind and Brass Instruments," Acustica, 43(1), 1979, pp. 63-72.
Gazengel, B, Gilbert, J. and Amir, N., "Time Domain Simulation of Single Reed Wind Instrument. From the Measured Input Impedance to the Synthesis Signal. Where are the Traps?," Acta Acustica, Vol. 3, 1995, pp. 445-472.
Jaffe, D. A. and Smith, Julius O., "Extensions of the Karplus-Strong Plucked String Algorithm," Computer Music Journal, 7(2), 1983, pp. 56-69.
Keefe, D. H., "Woodwind Air Column Models," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 88(1), 1990, pp. 35-51.
Keefe, D. H., "Physical Modeling of Wind Instruments," Computer Music Journal, 16(4), 1992, pp. 57-73.
Levine, H. and Schwinger, J., "On the Radiation of Sound from an Unflanged Circular Pipe," Physics Review, 73(4), 1948, pp. 383-406.
Martínez, J. and Agulló, J., "Conical Bores. Part I: Reflection functions associated with discontinuities," and "Conical Bores. Part II: Multiconvolution," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84(5), 1988, pp. 1613-1627.
McIntyre, M. E. and Woodhouse, J., "On the Fundamentals of Bowed-String Dynamics," Acustica, 43(2), 1979, pp. 93-108.
McIntyre, M. E., Schumacher, R. T. and Woodhouse, J., "On the Oscillations of Musical Instruments," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(5), 1983, pp. 1325-1345.
Plitnik, G. R. and Strong, W. J., "Numerical method for calculating input impedances of the oboe," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65(3), 1979, pp. 816-825.
Schumacher, R. T., "Ab Initio Calculations of the Oscillations of a Clarinet," Acustica, 48(2), 1981, pp. 71-85.
Smith, J. O., "A New Approach to Digital Reverberation Using Closed Waveguide Networks," Proceedings of the 1985 International Computer Music Conference, 1985, pp. 47-53.
Smith, J. O., "Efficient Simulation of the Reed-Bore and Bow-String Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 1986 International Computer Music Conference, 1986, pp. 275-280.
Sommerfeldt, S. D. and Strong, W. J., "Simulation of a player-clarinet system," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83(5), 1988, pp. 1908-1918.
Van Duyne, S. and Smith, J. O., "Physical Modeling with the 2-D Digital Waveguide Mesh," Proceedings of the 1993 International Computer Music Conference, 1993, pp. 40-47.
Van Duyne, S. and Smith, J. O., "The wave digital hammer: A traveling wave model of the piano hammer and the felt mallet," Proceedings of the 1994 International Computer Music Conference, 1994, pp. 411-418.
Van Duyne, S. and Smith, J. O., "The 3D Tetrahedral Digital Waveguide Mesh with Musical Applications," Proceedings of the 1996 International Computer Music Conference, 1996, pp. 411-418.
Woodhouse, J., "On the Playability of Violins. Part 1: Reflection Functions," Acustica, Vol. 78, 1993, pp. 125-136.
Woodhouse, J., "On the Playability of Violins. Part 2: Minimum Bow Force and Transients," Acustica, Vol. 78, 1993, pp. 137-153.
Woodhouse, J. and Galluzzo, P.M., "The Bowed String As We Know It Today," Acta Acustica United with Acustica, Vol. 90, 2004, pp. 579-589.
Woodhouse, J. and Langley, R.S., "Interpreting the Input Admittance of Violins and Guitars," Acta Acustica United with Acustica, Vol. 98, 2012, pp. 611-628.

Musical Acoustics: Online Resources

ASA Standard Term Database
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Musical Acoustics Research Library (Stanford Libraries)
Musical Acoustics Research Library (original site)
Music Acoustics (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dan Russell's Acoustics and Vibration Animations
C. R. Nave, HyperPhysics: Sound and Hearing, Georgia State University.
Martin Schleske: Master Studio for Violin Making
Acoustics: Frequently Asked Questions
Dan Russell, Modal Analysis of an Acoustic Folk Guitar, Applied Physics, Kettering University.
PhET Interactive Simulations:

Tutorial on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods for room acoustics simulation (by Brian Hamilton)
Online human vocal tract model and synthesis
Wayverb: Room response simulator

Physical Modeling Sound Examples

Signal Processing Books

McClellan, Schafer, and Yoder, DSP First: A Multimedia Approach, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998. [Very good introductory book on DSP]
Steiglitz, K., A Digital Signal Processing Primer, Addison-Wesley, 1996. [Great introductory DSP book with audio/music emphasis]
Cook, P.R., Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications, Massachusetts: A K Peters, Ltd., 2002.
Oppenheim, Willsky, and Nawab, Signals and Systems, Second Edition, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996. [Excellent advanced reference for both continuous- and discrete-time system analysis]
Oppenheim, Schafer, and Buck, Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Second Edition, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. [Classic advanced reference for discrete-time systems]
Orfanidis, Introduction to Signal Processing, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996. [Applications-oriented intoduction to digital signal processing]
Rabiner and Schafer, Digital Processing of Speech Signals, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1978. [Classic reference for speech processing]
Quatieri, T., Discrete-Time Speech Signal Processing, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002.