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Textbook of Harmonics

Textbook of Harmonics

Kayser's Magnum Opus - 1st English Translation

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The first release in our project to translate the complete works of Hans Kayser. The Textbook is THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON HARMONICS AND VIBRAT... Read more

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The first release in our project to translate the complete works of Hans Kayser. The Textbook is THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON HARMONICS AND VIBRATION EVER WRITTEN!

Subtitle:Kayser's Magnum Opus - 1st English Translation

Content:"

Translation Society Preface

Translator’s & Editor’s Preface

Foreword

Introduction

THE THEOREMS OF THE TONE-NUMBER:
The Monochord
Tone-Value & Tone-Number
String Lengths – Wavelength
Vibration-Numbers = Frequencies
The Reciprocity of Waves = String Length and Frequency (Space and Time)
Rhythm and Periodicity
Resonance
Interference
Haptic – Ektypic – Prototype – Value-Form – Theorem, Step – Being – Value
Coincidences of the Theorems of Tone-Number and Their Value-Formal Ambivalences

THE THEOREMS OF THE TONE SERIES:
The Overtone Series
The Undertone Series
The Whole Numbers
The Quanta
The Intervals
Harmonic Logarithms
Convergence – Divergence And Perspective – Equidistance

THE THEOREMS OF THE TONE-GROUPS:
THE PARTIAL-TONE DIAGRAM
The Partial-Tone Coordinates
The Rationing of Partial-Tone Coordinates
Major and Minor Series of the Partial-Tone Coordinates
Polarity
The Equal-Tone Lines
Value-Forms for 0/0, 1/1, and the Equal-Tone Lines
Index and Generator
Parabola, Hyperbola, Ellipse
The Proportions
Harmonic Proportions in Architecture
Trinity
Variation Models
Combination Models
Polar Diagrams
Tone-Spirals and Tone Curves
The Complete Partial-Tone Diagram
Logarithmic Arrangements
Tone-Space
Sound-Images

SELECTIONS:
Scales
Chords
Ektypics for Melodies and Chords
Cadence
Counterpoint
Directions
Interval Powers and Constants
Symmetry
Space and Time
Enharmonics
Tempering
Number Symbolism
Tolerance: a Dialogue (and Review)
Hierarchy
Norm
Harmonic Cosmogony
Summary of the History of Harmonics
Afterword
Partial-Tone Logarithms
Great Table of Ratios
The Author’s Publications
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Date: 1950

Pages: 712

Binding: Hardcover Black Suede Gilt

Publisher: Sacred Science

Author: Hans Kayser

ISBN:

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