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... , ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY • PRESSURE , MOISTURE , 127 CHAPTER VII .. SCALES , CHORDS , TEMPERAMENT , AND TUNING 134 CHAPTER VIII . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC - THE EAR AND VOICE 161 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE 7 8 • viii CONTENTS .
... , ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY • PRESSURE , MOISTURE , 127 CHAPTER VII .. SCALES , CHORDS , TEMPERAMENT , AND TUNING 134 CHAPTER VIII . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC - THE EAR AND VOICE 161 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE 7 8 • viii CONTENTS .
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... chord to the foundation tone . obvious that the wire coiled inside the tube produces a series of equidistant obstacles , competent to throw the air into regular vibration ; the rapidity of which vibration , and the consequent pitch of ...
... chord to the foundation tone . obvious that the wire coiled inside the tube produces a series of equidistant obstacles , competent to throw the air into regular vibration ; the rapidity of which vibration , and the consequent pitch of ...
Page 116
... chords , with the mouth as a resonance chamber , capable , by change of shape and volume , of reinforcing different partials of the compound tone to which it is applied . With the assistance of resonators it is possible to recognise ...
... chords , with the mouth as a resonance chamber , capable , by change of shape and volume , of reinforcing different partials of the compound tone to which it is applied . With the assistance of resonators it is possible to recognise ...
Page 121
... chord or combination of various simple tones . " Many of the sources of sound enumerated in an earlier chapter produce in conjunction with the prime tone , a number of inharmonic upper partials : such has been especially noted to be the ...
... chord or combination of various simple tones . " Many of the sources of sound enumerated in an earlier chapter produce in conjunction with the prime tone , a number of inharmonic upper partials : such has been especially noted to be the ...
Page 122
... chord of the prime or fundamental tone , and their exclusion renders the quality more smooth and pure . ( 3 ) Rigid strings cannot form very high upper partials , and light strings of gut , on the other hand , are favourable to them ...
... chord of the prime or fundamental tone , and their exclusion renders the quality more smooth and pure . ( 3 ) Rigid strings cannot form very high upper partials , and light strings of gut , on the other hand , are favourable to them ...
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