The Influence Of Helmholtz's On The Sensations Of Tone On The Music Theory Study In China

On the Sensations of Tone is one of the world's greatest scientific classics. It was completed by Hermann Helmoltz in 1863. It is popular not only in west countries, but also in China. So it effects china musical theories in a certain extent. The dissertation begins with the introduction of the book, then arrangement the applications of theories in the china musical theories. It includes four chapters: Chapter i. The brief introduction of Helmholtz and Allies; Chapter ii. Description of the content of On the Sensations of Tone and Helmholtz 's three theories (the Harp Theory, the Beat Theory, the Timber Theory). Chapter iii. Analysis the application of the theories in China Temperament, and China Musical Acoustics, Chapter iv. Illumination the methods of Helmholtz's theories and the applications of the theories in our musical theories. Finally, the dissertation take the conclusions: On the Sensations of Tone brings us the thinking which study musical questions with the sense of human ear. Musical experts study the timber of varies of instrument with the timber theory. Some experts investigate the harmonic question of consonance with the beat theory.