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... produces a quality of sound almost painful and cloying from its excessive sweetness . The friction of air against solid bodies originates the melancholy moaning of the wind , the sharp hiss of a cane , and the loud genial crack of a ...
... produces a quality of sound almost painful and cloying from its excessive sweetness . The friction of air against solid bodies originates the melancholy moaning of the wind , the sharp hiss of a cane , and the loud genial crack of a ...
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... producing such an alteration in the mole- cules of soft iron as to be accompanied by audible musical vibration . Latterly this has been adopted into the service of music in the various forms of telephone . Regular Vibration . These ...
... producing such an alteration in the mole- cules of soft iron as to be accompanied by audible musical vibration . Latterly this has been adopted into the service of music in the various forms of telephone . Regular Vibration . These ...
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... produces its lowest or fundamental note ; but it may also be broken up into two or more ventral segments , separated by nodes or points of rest , the rapidity of vibration being proportional to the number of these segments , and producing ...
... produces its lowest or fundamental note ; but it may also be broken up into two or more ventral segments , separated by nodes or points of rest , the rapidity of vibration being proportional to the number of these segments , and producing ...
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... produced . The oldest and simplest mode is obviously that of plucking them , draw- ing the tense cord out of its ... producing a continuous instead of an evanescent tone . In all the innumerable and ancient varieties of the viol and ...
... produced . The oldest and simplest mode is obviously that of plucking them , draw- ing the tense cord out of its ... producing a continuous instead of an evanescent tone . In all the innumerable and ancient varieties of the viol and ...
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... producing any very practical result . It was shown by Delezenne in 1842 that it is impossible to make a string sound ... produced . But on the other hand , if the position of the bows were retained unchanged , and an opposite direction ...
... producing any very practical result . It was shown by Delezenne in 1842 that it is impossible to make a string sound ... produced . But on the other hand , if the position of the bows were retained unchanged , and an opposite direction ...
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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