Standard study by founder of Seashore test. Relationship between physical phenomena of sounds and our perception of them. Music as a medium, physical acoustics, auditory apparatus, sound perception, host of other topics. 88 figures. "The thinking is rigorous and objective"—Music Teacher (London).
Contents:
1. The musical mind
2. The musical medium
3. The science of music
4. A musical ornament, the vibrato
5. Pitch: frequency
6. Loudness: intensity
7. Duration: time
8. Timbre: wave form
9. Tone quality: sonance
10. Consonance
11. Volume
12. Rhythm
13. Learning in music
14. Imagining in music
15. Thinking in music
16. Nature of musical feeling
17. Timbre of band and orchestral instruments
18. Violin
19. Piano
20. Voice
21. Principles of guidance in music
22. Measures of musical talent
23. Analysis of talent in a music school
24. Analysis of talent in the public school
25. The inheritance of musical talent
26. Primimtive music
27. The development of musical skills
28. Musical esthetics
