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Scales, synthesizers, and samplers /

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"This program covers such problems as the production of varying degrees of loudness on harpsichords and spinets, the mechanical engineering of the modern piano, the origin of scales, and the inability of keyboard instruments to produce scales in all keys exactly in tune. Synthesizers demonstrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Independent Communications Associates, British Broadcasting Corporation, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Johnson, Brian, Taylor, Charles, 1922-2002
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
Series:Science and music (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:
Music > Acoustics and physics.
Musical instruments.
Musical pitch.
Musical intervals and scales.
Musical temperament.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Sound-waves.
Musical perception.
Documentary films.

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