"Onritsu-to Onkai-no Kagaku" by OGATA Atsushi

How the musical (or sound) scale is defined? Why is it selected? There are many scales like Pythagorean scale, just intonation, meantone, equal temperament scale, and so on. Each has merits as well as demerits. At present most instruments like pianos and violins are tuned with equal temperament scale. This is a introduction of these scales from the scientific and/or psychological view. The title means 'Science of Temperaments and Scales'.

(Finished reading on Jan.6, 2008)


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Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* OGATA Atsushi : 小方厚
* Onritsu-to Onkai-no Kagaku : 音律と音階の科学