Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music (Wooden Books)

During the nineteenth century, a remarkable scientific instrument known as a harmonograph revealed the beautiful patterns found in music. Harmonograph is an introduction to the evolution of simple harmonic theory, from the discoveries of Pythagoras to diatonic tuning and equal temperament. Beautiful drawings show the octave as triangle, the fifth as pentagram; diagrams show the principles of harmonics, overtones, and the monochord. Anthony Ashton examines the phenomenon of resonance in Chladni patterns, describes how to build a harmonograph of your own, and provides tables of world tuning systems. This inspiring book will appeal to musicians, mathematicians, designers, and artists alike. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-30-2008; Not Really Music but Interesting All the Same; Let me first say that I like this book and the visuals are incredible. But a harmonograph is essentially a spirograph with a PhD and the resulting pictures will not teach you about music. What they are is a fantastic example of how...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-08-2008; Sound Made Visible; Humans have known or intuited that sound not only has form but it organizes matter.Throughout history individuals have found ways to demonstrate (and make visible) this profound fact.We know that music & sound is vibration. (within the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-16-2008; A delightful little book; I didn't know what quite to expect with this book; I wasn't familiar with the term "harmonograph" before getting this text.This is a small book with about 25 topics, each discussed on 1 or 2 pages. It links together many concepts from...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-11-2007; Beautiful; Short and easy to read with beautiful illustrations, this is a nice addition to your collection if you are interested in the connections between sounds and visuals.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-30-2008; Not Really Music but Interesting All the Same; Let me first say that I like this book and the visuals are incredible. But a harmonograph is essentially a spirograph with a PhD and the resulting pictures will not teach you about music. What they are is a fantastic example of how...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-25-2006; Harmonograph: Still mysterious; This tiny book is interesting, but not particularly enlightening with regard to the "structure" of music. Regardless, it was worth doing/having.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-12-2007; huh; After about 5 pages into this thing I found myslelf becoming more and more baffled, as the author continually threw out various terminology with no explanation of it. I kept at it for a while and it didn't get any better. He has all...; read full review | report as inappropriate