Mount A Libraries: Music Subject Guide: Physics of Music

Scholarly Journals

Acoustical Physics
Acoustical Physics is an international peer reviewed journal published with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It covers theoretical and experimental aspects of basic and applied acoustics.
Acoustics Today
A magazine about acoustics, sound, and vibration published by the Acoustical Society of America.
Canadian Acoustics
Canadian Acoustics publishes refereed articles and news items on all aspects of acoustics and vibration. Articles reporting new research or applications, as well as review or tutorial papers and shorter technical notes.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Since 1929, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) has been the leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound.
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Noise Notes
Covers all aspects of noise in the context of its being an environmental nuisance.
Organised Sound
Organised Sound is an international peer-reviewed journal which focuses on the rapidly developing methods and issues arising from the use of technology in music today.
Sound & Vibration
Sound & Vibration is a journal intended for individuals with broad-based interests in noise and vibration, dynamic measurements, structural analysis, computer-aided engineering, machinery reliability, and dynamic testing.

Websites

Acoustical Society of America
Canadian Acoustical Association
Ludomusicology - Videogame Music Research Group
Physics Classroom - Sound Waves
The Physics Hypertextbook
This is an interesting html based textbook on physics. The chapter on Waves and Optics has a full section on sound
Physics of Musical Instruments - YouTube Video
YouTube has a lot of great videos on Physics and Music, but this one is a great lecture on how musical instruments are constructed and tuned.

Books in the Catalogue

You can search for books using our catalogue, below. The books listed in the Printed Books and E-Books tabs are recommendations only.

Please note: printed books on items of this topic can be located in either the Main or Music libraries and can be in any collection - reference, general stacks, Mellish, etc. So be sure to click on the link to the record in the catalogue to get the right location before going to the library to search.

Acoustical Foundations of Music by John Backus
Call Number: ML 3805 .B245 A3 1977
ISBN: 0393090965
Publication Date: 1977-11-17
Introduction to Acoustics by Robert D. Finch
Call Number: TA 365 .F55 2005
ISBN: 9780023375705
Publication Date: 2004-06-23
Introduction to the Physics and Psychophysics of Music by Juan G. Roederer
Call Number: ML 3805 .R6 1973
ISBN: 0387901167
Publication Date: 1973
Music: a Mathematical Offering by Dave Benson
Call Number: ML 3805 .B46 2007
ISBN: 9780511811722
Publication Date: 2013-03-05
Musical Acoustics by Donald E. Hall
Call Number: ML 3805 .H153 2002
ISBN: 0534377289
Publication Date: 2001-08-22
Physics and the Sound of Music by John S. Rigden
Call Number: ML 3805 .R56 1985
ISBN: 0471874124
Publication Date: 1985-01-18
The Physics of Sound by Richard E. Berg; David G. Stork
Call Number: QC 225.15 .B47 2005
ISBN: 9780131457898
Publication Date: 2004-08-17
Physics of the Piano by Nicholas J. Giordano
Call Number: ML 3805 .G56 2010
ISBN: 9780191030147
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
The Science of Sound by Thomas D. Rossing; Richard F. Moore; Paul A. Wheeler
Call Number: QC 225.15 .R67 2002
ISBN: 9780805385656
Publication Date: 2001-12-18

Acoustics by Paul Filippi; Aime Bergassoli; Dominique Habault; Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
ISBN: 9780080498553
Publication Date: 1998-09-23
Acoustics of Musical Instruments by Antoine Chaigne; Jean Kergomard
ISBN: 9781493936793
Publication Date: 2016-05-12
Architectural Acoustics by Marshall Long
ISBN: 9780080527550
Publication Date: 2005-12-23
Auditory Archaeology by Steve Mills
ISBN: 9781611320817
Publication Date: 2014-04-30
Good Vibrations by Barry Parker
ISBN: 9780801897078
Publication Date: 2009-12-15
Musical Sound by Michael J. Moravcsik
ISBN: 9781461505778
Publication Date: 2012-12-06
Physics and Music by Harvey E. White; Donald H. White
ISBN: 9780486794006
Publication Date: 2014-04-15
Sound and Hearing by R. Duncan Luce
ISBN: 9781317759805
Publication Date: 2013-10-31
Springer Handbook of Acoustics by D. M. Campbell (Editorial Board Member); F. Dunn (Editorial Board Member); N. H. Fletcher (Editorial Board Member); W. M. Hartmann (Editorial Board Member); Thomas Rossing (Editor)
ISBN: 9781493907557
Publication Date: 2015-01-15

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Databases

EBSCO Databases (All) This link opens in a new window
Search all EBSCO databases simultaneously. Includes: America History & Life, Art Index, ATLA Religion Database, Business Source Elite, Environment Complete, Historical Abstracts, Library Literature & Information Science, MLA, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Regional Business News, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, and SocINDEX.
Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Search for entries on sound, acoustics, consonance, dissonance, sound waves, tuning, Frisson, etc.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online. Grove is the most comprehensive source of the three, and may be easier to search on its own for some topics. To do so, use the Grove Music Online link in the A-Z list.
Project Muse (Standard Collection) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to the Project Muse Standard Collection of peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also serves as an index to addtional Humanities and Social Sciences journals not included in the Standard Collection.
1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years).
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Search all ProQuest databases simultaneously: ABI, Canadian Research Index, CBCA, Periodicals Archive Online, the Politics Collection (PAIS, Policy File Index, Political Science Database, Worldwide Political Abstracts), Philosopher's Index, ProQuest Central, Research Library, and the Historical Newspapers collections of the Globe & Mail (1844-2013) and Toronto Star (1894-2015).
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect contains peer-reviewed, full-text, scientific, technical, and medical content from nearly 2,200 journals and close to 26,000 e-books.
Taylor & Francis Online (SSH Collection) This link opens in a new window
Includes all Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journals. Covers Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library features 1500 journals, over 14,000 Online Books, and hundreds of multi-volume reference works, databases, and other resources.
MTA has purchased journal content and only a limited amount of e-book content.