The book presents the fundamentals of music science, followed by a discussion on the historical evolution of music. An introduction to the analysis of signals in time and frequency is presented, which includes sound and noise. Features and mathematical aspects of the sound are discussed, including vibration and timbre.
The book presents a review of existing voice models and discusses the voice production, sound perception, music characteristics and acoustics, tempo, rhythm and harmony. Musical theory is presented, including staff, notes, alterations, keys and intervals, tones and associated frequencies and wavelengths.
The creation of major and minor scales is emphasized, along with a study on consonance and dissonance, measure, metric, tempo markings, dynamics, modulation. The book also explains the chord formation, and discusses melody and composition.
The book has four appendices, including an appendix on the basic differentiation and integration theorems, another with useful Fourier tables, and an appendix featuring the notes, their frequencies and wavelengths. The book also has a glossary of music terms.

Portrait

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar was born in Serrita, Brazil, in 1957. He received his bachelor degree in electrical engineering, from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, 1980, his master degree in elec- trical engineering, from the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil, 1988 and his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada, 1993. He has 40 years of engineering experience, and 30 years as an IEEE Member, currently as senior member. Between 1982 and 1984, he worked for the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC). From 1984 to 2003, he worked for the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraiba, where he was Full Professor and supervised more than 60 graduate and several undergraduate students. From 2003 to 2017, he was Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. He also spent some time working for MCI-Embratel and University of Toronto, as Visiting Professor. Currently he is Visiting Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia.
He is founder and president of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Com- munications (Iecom). He has been awarded several scholarships and grants, including three scholarships and several research grants from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq), two grants from the IEEE Foundation, a scholarship from the University of Waterloo, a scholarship from the Federal University of Paraiba, an achieve- ment award for contributions to the Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT), an academic award from the Medicine College of the Federal Univer- sity of Campina Grande (UFCG), and an achievement award from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco, during its 110th year celebration. He is a laureate of the 2014 Attilio Giarola Medal.
He published over 450 engineering and scientific papers and 23 books: Modulation Theory, Scientific Style in English, and Cellular Network Planning, by River Publishers.
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Marcelo S. Alencar has contributed in different capacities to the following scientific journals: Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Telecommunication Society; Member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Com- munications Software and Systems (JCOMSS), published by the Croatian Communication and Information Society (CCIS); Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Networks (JNW), published by Academy Publisher; founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Communication and Information Systems (JCIS), special joint edition of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and SBrT. He is member of the SBrT-Brasport Editorial Board. He has been involved as a volunteer with several IEEE and SBrT activities, including being a member of the Advisory or Technical Program Committee in see veral events. He served as member of the IEEE Communications Society Sister Society Board and as liaison to Latin America Societies. He also served on the Board of Directors of IEEE's Sister Society SBrT. He is a Registered Professional Engineer. He is a columnist of the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio, since April, 2000, and was vice- president external relations of SBrT. He is member of the IEEE, IEICE, in Japan, SBrT, SBMO, SBPC, ABJC and SBEB, in Brazil. He studied acoustic guitar at the Federal University of Paraiba, and keyboard and bass at the music school Musidom. He is composer and percussionist of the carnival club Bola de Ferro, in Recife, Brazil.