The Science of Musical Sounds

From the INTRODUCTION.
WE are beings with several senses through which we come into direct relation with the world outside of ourselves. Through two of these, sight and hearing, we are able to receive impressions from a distance and through these only do the fine arts appeal to us; through sight we receive the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, and through hearing, the arts of poetry and music.
Undoubtedly music gives greater pleasure to more people than does any other art, and pr...