I've listened to the first 4 lectures. I must say that Robert Greenberg gets his ideas across very well. The focus has been on Western Orchestral music, and offers excellent insight into many of the instruments I've encountered on my own research.
On a personal note; an example provided by Greenberg in the discussion on 'Dynamics' surprised me greatly. Does Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 (Pathétique, 1798) not sound uncannily like Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram's, "Some Where Out There"? You can't believe how disappointed I was (am) by this blatant rip-off. I loved this song as a child.
A short list of some of the books which I 'hope' to read shortly:
- The Physics of Musical Instruments, by Neville H. Fletcher and Thomas D. Rossin.
- Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, by Arthur H. Benade
- The Musician's Guide to Acoustics, by Murray Campbell and Clive Greated
- Science and Music, by Sir James Jeans
- The Math Behind the Music, by Leon Harkleroad
- The Acoustical Foundations of Music, by J Backus
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