Acoustical Foundations of Scales, Tempered Tuning, and Pitch Perception

Friday, September 19, 2014 4:00 p.m. ETC 4.150 Dr. James M. Gelb Applied Research Laboratories The University of Texas at Austin http://www.arlut.utexas.edu While seemingly disparate, the musical scales used throughout the world are in fact surprisingly universal. This talk touches on all aspects of this universality, from the perspectives of the acoustical properties of instruments…