Sound and Music: a Non-mathematical Treatise on the Physical Constitution of Musical Sounds and Harmony: Including the Chief Acoustical Discoveries of Professor Helmholtz |
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... exactly equal to that between an echo and the following stroke , the whole movement of Sound took place in alternate equal intervals , i . e . in half the observed time , or fifteen seconds . Accord- ingly the sound travelled to and fro ...
... exactly equal to that between an echo and the following stroke , the whole movement of Sound took place in alternate equal intervals , i . e . in half the observed time , or fifteen seconds . Accord- ingly the sound travelled to and fro ...
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... exactly alike , and , therefore , the effect is just what it would have been had we pushed the curve ABCDE along horizontally until it came to occupy the position B'C'D'E'F ' . In order further to illustrate this point , let us suppose ...
... exactly alike , and , therefore , the effect is just what it would have been had we pushed the curve ABCDE along horizontally until it came to occupy the position B'C'D'E'F ' . In order further to illustrate this point , let us suppose ...
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... observe that for no two con- secutive seconds does the kneeling row consist of exactly the same men , while in such positions as those shown in the figure , which are separated by 10 TRANSFERENCE OF RELATIVE POSITION . [ I. § 5 .
... observe that for no two con- secutive seconds does the kneeling row consist of exactly the same men , while in such positions as those shown in the figure , which are separated by 10 TRANSFERENCE OF RELATIVE POSITION . [ I. § 5 .
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... exactly the same vi- brations in exactly equal times , but , since each drop can only start at the moment when the front of the wave reaches it [ Fig . 5 , ( 1 ) ] , they will in general occupy different positions in their paths at the ...
... exactly the same vi- brations in exactly equal times , but , since each drop can only start at the moment when the front of the wave reaches it [ Fig . 5 , ( 1 ) ] , they will in general occupy different positions in their paths at the ...
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... exactly like water - waves , are seen running along it . A flexible string , one end of which is tied to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand , ex- hibits the same phenomenon when the loose end is suddenly twitched . It has ...
... exactly like water - waves , are seen running along it . A flexible string , one end of which is tied to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand , ex- hibits the same phenomenon when the loose end is suddenly twitched . It has ...
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absolute pitch Accordingly air-column Cambridge chapters chords clang cloth coincides College combination-tone complete composite sounds concord condensation consonance and dissonance contains corresponding crest Crown 8vo direction discord dissonance effect ELEMENTARY TREATISE equal temperament exactly examine fact Fifth follows fork forms of vibration Fourth fundamental tone harmonium heard Helmholtz Hence higher human voice Illustrations instrument intensity inversion Lectures length level-line loudness lower Major scale Major Third ment Minor Seventh Minor Sixth mode of vibration motion musical sound nodes notation obtained octave open pipe original overtones pair partial-tones particle pendulum pianoforte piston pitch position present principles produced Professor prong pulse pulse-length rapid rarefaction resonance result scale shown simple tones single musical stopped pipe string student swing theory tion tonic Tonic Sol-Fa triads trough tube tuning tuning-fork unison ventral segments vibration-fraction vibration-numbers vibrations per second wave-form wires
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