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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... string ; quality and pitch of its note , $$ 54 , 55 - The pianoforte , § 56- Meeting of equal and opposite systems of longitudinal waves , § 57 - Reflection of Sound at a closed and at an open orifice , § 58 - Modes of segmental ...
... string ; quality and pitch of its note , $$ 54 , 55 - The pianoforte , § 56- Meeting of equal and opposite systems of longitudinal waves , § 57 - Reflection of Sound at a closed and at an open orifice , § 58 - Modes of segmental ...
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... string can be both seen and felt to be in motion : the movements of a finger - glass , stroked on the rim by a wet finger , can be recognized by observing the thrills which play on the surface of the water it contains : sand strewed on ...
... string can be both seen and felt to be in motion : the movements of a finger - glass , stroked on the rim by a wet finger , can be recognized by observing the thrills which play on the surface of the water it contains : sand strewed on ...
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... 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 accordingly been found convenient to extend the term ' wave ' beyond ...
... 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 accordingly been found convenient to extend the term ' wave ' beyond ...
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... by the slenderest filament of some material whose parts ( like those of an elastic string ) admit of being compressed , or dilated , at pleasure . When any portion of the filament is shortened , a 32 [ I. § 17 . LONGITUDINAL VIBRATIONS .
... by the slenderest filament of some material whose parts ( like those of an elastic string ) admit of being compressed , or dilated , at pleasure . When any portion of the filament is shortened , a 32 [ I. § 17 . LONGITUDINAL VIBRATIONS .
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... string . In bad flute playing , an unsteady hissing sound accompanies the naturally sweet tone of the instru- ment , and may easily surpass it in intensity . In the tones of the more imperfect musical instruments , such as drums and ...
... string . In bad flute playing , an unsteady hissing sound accompanies the naturally sweet tone of the instru- ment , and may easily surpass it in intensity . In the tones of the more imperfect musical instruments , such as drums and ...
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