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Physics and Music. The Science of Musical Sound
I recently (July 2021) bought this book to get some background about the physics of sound. Physics and Music is written for students who want to go beyond the perceptual stage of music to learn how musical sound is created and perceived. It surveys a wide range of topics related to acoustics, beginning with a brief history of the art and science of music. Succeeding chapters explore the general principles of sound, musical scales, the primary ways in which sound can be generated, the characteristics of instruments, the use of mechanical and electronic recording devices, hi-fi stereophonic and quadraphonic sound, the design of electronic musical instruments, and architectural acoustics.
The nice aspect of this book is the the amount of mathematics is limited. I used information from this book for my post about Sound Intensity. For a more mathematical description of sound one resource is University Physics Volume 1, which I used for my post about Sound Waves.
White H E, White D H (2014) Physics and Music. The Science of Musical Sound. Dover Publications, Mineola.
