Index

accidental pitch

4.3

acoustics

1.

amplification

1.5

analog

1.1

analog-to-digital converter

1.1

average power

2.4

bark scale

3.4

beating

2.1

cardioid microphone

7.1

chromatic scale

4.3

circle of fifths

4.3

clipping

8.3

cochlea

3.4

comb filter

Exercises

complex inharmonic tone

2.2

complex periodic tone

2.2 | 3.1.1

components

2.2

consonant interval

4.1

continuous spectrum

3.1.2

critical band

3.4

cycles per second

1.2

decibel

1.3

delay

1.5

diatonic scale

4.3

diffraction

6.4 | 7.3

digital-to-analog converter

1.1

digitized

1.1

discrete spectrum

3.1.1

dissonant interval

4.1

effective sound pressure

6.2

equal temperament

4.4

event

8.4

far field

7.3

filter

3.2 | 5.3

high-pass

3.2

low-pass

3.2

resonant

3.2

filterbank

3.4

foldover

1.4

formant

5.1

Fourier series

2.2

frequency

1.2

frequency response

3.2

fricative consonant

5.1

fundamental frequency

2.2

gain

1.5

glottis

5.1

half step

1.3

harmonics

2.2

Hertz

1.2

high-pass filter

3.2

hypercardioid microphone

7.1

impedance

2.4

initial phase

1.2

intensity

6.2

interference pattern

6.4

interval

1.3

consonant

4.1

dissonant

4.1

intonation

4.4

inversion

1.5

just interval

4.4

just-intoned scale

4.4

key

4.2

level

1.3

loudspeaker

1.1

low-pass filter

3.2

major scale

4.3

major triad

4.3

mean-tone temperament

4.4

mixing

1.5

natural pitch

4.3

near field

6.1

noise

1.2

Nyquist frequency

1.4

octave

1.3

omnidirectional microphone

7.1

partial

2.2

peak amplitude

1.2

periodic signal

2.2

phoneme

5.1

pickup pattern

7.1

pitch

1.2

plane wave

6.3

plosive consonant

5.1

power

2.4

precision

1.4

proximity effect

7.4

pulse

8.4

pulse train

5.3

pulsed

glottal

5.1

radiation pattern

7.3

recording

1.1

resonant filter

3.2

sample

1.1

sample point

1.1

sample rate

1.2

sampler

1.1

scale

4.2

chromatic

4.3

diatonic

4.3

just-intoned

4.4

major

4.3

scaling

8.3

short-time spectrum

3.1.3

signal

1.1

periodic

1.2

signal-to-noise ratio

1.4

sinusoid

1.2

sone

1.3 | 3.4

sound pressure level

6.2

sound pressure, effective

6.2

spectrum

3.

continuous

3.1.2

discrete

3.1.1

short-time

3.1.3

SPL

6.2

standing wave

6.5

syntonic comma

4.4

tempering

4.4

threshold

8.4

transposition

4.3

triad

4.3

trigger

8.4

uncorrelated signals

2.4

unidirectional sound

6.1

unit interval

8.3

velocity of sound

6.1

vibrato

5.2

vocal folds

5.1

voiced consonant

5.1

wavelength

6.3.1

white noise

1.2

window

8.2