Acoustics of Music |
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PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE NATURE OF VIBRATION AND | 3 |
SOUND WAVES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS | 27 |
VIBRATORY SOURCES OF SOUNDS USED IN MUSIC 85 33 | 85 |
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Acoustics aesthetic air column air particles amplitude audible auditorium beats bell body caused chord complex tone compression consonant cords curve cycles diatonic diatonic scale difference tones direction displaced dissonance distance distortion effect energy equal temperament example fact fifth Figure formant frequency fundamental harmonic series hear heard higher increased inharmonic instruments intensity intervals length less loop loudness lower major sixth major thirds metal minor motion natural nodal node noise octave open pipe orchestral organ pipe oscillograph overtones perfect fifth perfect fourth piano pitch pressure produced prongs quency range rarefaction ratio reed reflected resonance result reverberation scale semitone sensitive sixth sound waves soundboard stopped pipe stretched strings stringed instruments surface tempered third partial throat tion tonality tone quality triad true tuning fork usually variation various vibration form violin voice vowel walls wave-length whole tone wind wires York