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... heard . The line of demarcation between mere noise and musical sound seems similarly vague . Dr. Haughton has ingeniously shown that the rattling of vehicles over equal - sized stones becomes musical at a definite velocity ; from the ...
... heard . The line of demarcation between mere noise and musical sound seems similarly vague . Dr. Haughton has ingeniously shown that the rattling of vehicles over equal - sized stones becomes musical at a definite velocity ; from the ...
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... heard an octave higher , and by stopping it at one third , one a twelfth above the fundamental . These longitudinal vibrations are not affected by tension , as are the transverse , but are materially influenced by the substance of which ...
... heard an octave higher , and by stopping it at one third , one a twelfth above the fundamental . These longitudinal vibrations are not affected by tension , as are the transverse , but are materially influenced by the substance of which ...
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... heard in the streets of London . Torsional Vibrations are even of less acoustical importance than those named above . They were first , like them , investi- gated by Chladni , but they have hitherto contributed no instrument to music ...
... heard in the streets of London . Torsional Vibrations are even of less acoustical importance than those named above . They were first , like them , investi- gated by Chladni , but they have hitherto contributed no instrument to music ...
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... heard in the neigh- bourhood of a large bell . They are to a certain extent tunable by chipping away more or less metal at the sound - bow , but the main pitch has to be secured empirically through the careful imitation of a pattern ...
... heard in the neigh- bourhood of a large bell . They are to a certain extent tunable by chipping away more or less metal at the sound - bow , but the main pitch has to be secured empirically through the careful imitation of a pattern ...
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... heard when the inembrane is tapped . 2. The sounds are separated by smaller intervals the higher they become . 3. Nodal lines are only formed distinctly in response to certain definite sounds . A little above or below , confusion ensues ...
... heard when the inembrane is tapped . 2. The sounds are separated by smaller intervals the higher they become . 3. Nodal lines are only formed distinctly in response to certain definite sounds . A little above or below , confusion ensues ...
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bassoon beats bell Cambridge cartilages cavity chords clarinet comma consonant corresponding Crown 8vo density Edition elasticity ELEMENTARY TREATISE English enharmonic equal temperament Eton College excited experiments Extra fcap fifth flame flute fork fundamental note give harmonic harmonium heard heat Helmholtz HISTORY human voice instrument intervals J. P. MAHAFFY John's College keyboard keys late Fellow LATIN length longitudinal Lord Rayleigh lower major Mathematical membrane metal method metres Minor Sixth minor third monochord motion musical tones named nodes number of vibrations numerous Illustrations oboe octave ordinary organ Owens College Oxford perfect perfect fifths pipe pitch plate prime tone produced Professor ratio reed resonance rotating scale schismas School semitone sharpened siren sixth sonorous source of sound stopped string temperament temperature termed tonometer tube tuned tuning-fork unison upper partial tones velocity of sound vibration number violin wave wave-length