Letture consigliate per chi vuole approfondire gli argomenti della sezione "La musica e gli strumenti musicali": libri divulgativi, articoli e siti di istituzioni scientifiche, accessibili senza una preparazione universitaria. I testi universitari sono elencati nella bibliografia della sezione "Formule e approfondimenti".

Suggested reading for those who want to know more about the topics of the section "Music and musical instruments": popular books, articles and websites of scientific institutions, accessible without a university background. University textbooks are listed in the bibliography of the section "Formulae and in-depth study".

Libri in italiano / Books in Italian

• Andrea Frova, Fisica nella musica, Zanichelli, Bologna 1999. SBN
• Andrea Frova, Armonia celeste e dodecafonia. Musica e scienza attraverso i secoli, BUR, Milano 2006. SBN
• Pietro Righini, L'acustica per il musicista. Fondamenti fisici della musica, Zanibon, Padova 1970; ristampa / reprint Zanibon–Ricordi, Milano. SBN
• Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Penna, pennello e bacchetta. Le tre invidie del matematico, Laterza, Roma–Bari 2005. SBN
• Sergio Cingolani (a cura di / ed.), Scienza e musica, Le Scienze, Milano 1995 (articoli tratti da Le Scienze / articles from Le Scienze, the Italian edition of Scientific American). SBN

Libri in inglese / Books in English

• Arthur H. Benade, Horns, Strings, and Harmony, Anchor Books, Garden City (NY) 1960; ristampa / reprint Dover, New York 1992. Open Library
• Murray Campbell, Clive Greated, The Musician's Guide to Acoustics, J. M. Dent, London 1987; ristampa / reprint Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994. Open Library
• Ian Johnston, Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music, 3rd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton 2009. doi:10.1201/9781439894675
• Thomas D. Rossing, Science of Percussion Instruments, World Scientific, Singapore 2000 (Series in Popular Science, vol. 3). Open Library
• Stuart Isacoff, Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization, Knopf, New York 2001. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: Temperamento. Storia di un enigma musicale, EDT, Torino 2005. SBN
• Ross W. Duffin, How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care), W. W. Norton, New York 2007. Open Library
• Philip Ball, The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It, The Bodley Head, London 2010. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: L'istinto musicale. Come e perché abbiamo la musica dentro, Dedalo, Bari 2011. SBN

Articoli / Articles

Articoli divulgativi pubblicati su Scientific American / Popular articles published in Scientific American:

• Carleen Maley Hutchins, "The Physics of Violins", Scientific American 207 (5), 78–93 (1962). doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1162-78
• Arthur H. Benade, "The Physics of Brasses", Scientific American 229 (1), 24–35 (1973). doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0773-24
• Johan Sundberg, "The Acoustics of the Singing Voice", Scientific American 236 (3), 82–91 (1977). doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0377-82
• Thomas D. Rossing, "The Physics of Kettledrums", Scientific American 247 (5), 172–178 (1982). doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1182-172
• Neville H. Fletcher, Suszanne Thwaites, "The Physics of Organ Pipes", Scientific American 248 (1), 94–103 (1983). doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0183-94

Siti web / Websites

• Joe Wolfe, Music Acoustics, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney: strumenti a fiato, a corda, voce / wind and string instruments, voice.
• Daniel A. Russell, Acoustics and Vibration Animations, Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University.