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... MOTION - REFLECTION - REFRACTION CHAPTER III . INTENSITY , CONSONANCE , INTERFERENCE CHAPTER IV . PITCH ITS MEASUREMENT , LIMITS , VARIATION , STANDARDS , AND TONOMETRY PAGE 1 46 62 75 CHAPTER V. PAGE NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE - QUALITY -
... MOTION - REFLECTION - REFRACTION CHAPTER III . INTENSITY , CONSONANCE , INTERFERENCE CHAPTER IV . PITCH ITS MEASUREMENT , LIMITS , VARIATION , STANDARDS , AND TONOMETRY PAGE 1 46 62 75 CHAPTER V. PAGE NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE - QUALITY -
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... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . 2 ON SOUND .
... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . 2 ON SOUND .
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... motion . In its more refined adaptation to instruments friction originates the tender tones of the violin and its congeners ; while in the musical glasses , a wetted finger moving with friction along the edge of a consonant bell ...
... motion . In its more refined adaptation to instruments friction originates the tender tones of the violin and its congeners ; while in the musical glasses , a wetted finger moving with friction along the edge of a consonant bell ...
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... ratio to this , The motions of a string thus fixed at its end and excited at some intermediate point , radiate from that point to the fixed extremities , whence they are reflected in the opposite direction 6 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
... ratio to this , The motions of a string thus fixed at its end and excited at some intermediate point , radiate from that point to the fixed extremities , whence they are reflected in the opposite direction 6 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
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... motion , sound cannot be produced . To verify this hypothesis , he endeavoured to sound a string by means of two bows moving in the same direction , to the right and left respectively of the middle point of the string . Still no sound ...
... motion , sound cannot be produced . To verify this hypothesis , he endeavoured to sound a string by means of two bows moving in the same direction , to the right and left respectively of the middle point of the string . Still no sound ...
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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