Musical Acoustics and Sound Perception
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Acoustics and Vibrations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 179
Special Issue Editors
Interests: acoustic levitation; musical instrument simulation; room acoustics
Interests: digital signal processing; musical acoustics; EEG-NIRS processing and new educational methods
Interests: acoustics and vibroacoustics; wave propagation; sound absorption and sound radiation; elastic and porous material characterization; computational acoustics; noise control engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, "Musical Acoustics and Sound Perception", aims to explore the intricate relationships between the physics of sound and its perceptual impact on listeners. We invite original research articles, reviews, and theoretical studies that delve into topics such as the acoustics of musical instruments, the simulation of musical instruments in various sound environments, psychoacoustics, and auditory perception. This collection will be valuable for researchers, educators, and professionals in the fields of music technology, acoustics, auditory science, musicology, musical instrument making, and sound engineering.
Key topics include, but are not limited to:
- Acoustics of musical instruments;
- Simulation of musical instruments;
- Psychoacoustics and sound perception;
- Auditory perception and cognition;
- Audio signal processing;
- Acoustic modeling in performance spaces;
- Acoustic measurements and analysis;
- Spatial audio perception.
Dr. Spyros Polychronopoulos
Dr. Ana Maria Barbancho
Dr. Andrea Santoni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- musical acoustics
- acoustic measurements
- spatial audio
- head-related transfer function (HRTF)
- sound perception
- psychoacoustics
- auditory cognition
- simulation
- audio signal processing
- finite element method (FEM)
- boundary element method (BEM)
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