Some General References for the Physics of Musics Include:
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"The Physics of Musical Instruments," N H Fletcher and T D Rossing (Springer)
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"Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, 2nd Ed." A H Benade (Dover).
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"Physics and Music: The Science of Musical Sound," H. E. White and D. H. White (Dover).
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"Music, Physics and Engineering, 2nd Ed.," H. F. Olson (Dover).
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"Science and Music," Sir James Jeans (Dover).
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"Principles of Musical Acoustics," William M. Hartmann (Springer 2013).
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"On the sensation of tone as a physiological basis for the
theory of music," H. Helmholtz, translated by A. J. Ellis (Dover, NY, 1954).
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"The Physics of Sound, 2nd Ed.," R. E. Berg and D. G. Stork (Prentice Hall).
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"How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony," R. W. Duffin (W. W. Norton & Co., NY, 2007).
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"The Science of Sound, 3rd Ed.," T. D. Rossing, F. R. Moore, and
P. A. Wheeler (Addison Wesley 2002).
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"Music, Sound and Sensation: A Modern Exposition," F. Winckel (Dover 1967).
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"The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind
and body," Steven Mithen, (Harvard U. Press, 2006).
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"The Music of The Spheres," Jamie James, (Copernicus/Springer).
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"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments," (Konemann).
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"Mechanics of Musical Instruments," A. Hirschberg, J. Kergomard, and G. Weinreich (Springer-Verlag, 1995).
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