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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... single wave , it is convenient to have a picture of the mode of vibration by which , as we know [ § 16 ] , that law is determined . Such a picture we have in the form of the wave produced by the same mode of vibration when executed ...
... single wave , it is convenient to have a picture of the mode of vibration by which , as we know [ § 16 ] , that law is determined . Such a picture we have in the form of the wave produced by the same mode of vibration when executed ...
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... single very slender filament . Suppose that a great number of such filaments are placed side by side in contact with each other , so as to form a uniform material column . If , now , precisely equal waves are trans- mitted along all the ...
... single very slender filament . Suppose that a great number of such filaments are placed side by side in contact with each other , so as to form a uniform material column . If , now , precisely equal waves are trans- mitted along all the ...
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... single syllable ; directly it ceases so to vary , its non - musical character disappears , and it becomes what is commonly called ' sing - song . ' may We then define a musical sound as a steady sound , a non - musical sound as an ...
... single syllable ; directly it ceases so to vary , its non - musical character disappears , and it becomes what is commonly called ' sing - song . ' may We then define a musical sound as a steady sound , a non - musical sound as an ...
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... single musical sound will be itself steady , i.e. that equal numbers of equal vibrations will be executed in precisely equal times . This conception of the physical conditions under which musical sounds are produced will suffice for the ...
... single musical sound will be itself steady , i.e. that equal numbers of equal vibrations will be executed in precisely equal times . This conception of the physical conditions under which musical sounds are produced will suffice for the ...
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... single violin , then , by two , by three , and so on , until we have all the violins of an orchestra in unison upon it . This is a variation of loudness only . Next , let a succession of notes be played on any instrument of uniform ...
... single violin , then , by two , by three , and so on , until we have all the violins of an orchestra in unison upon it . This is a variation of loudness only . Next , let a succession of notes be played on any instrument of uniform ...
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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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