Violin Explained Components, Mechanism, and Sound

Name: Violin Explained Components, Mechanism, and Sound
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ISBN: 9780198167396

ISBN-10: 0198167393

ISBN-13: 9780198167396

Edition: 2000

Authors: James Beament

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There are more curious beliefs about the violin than any other instrument. Physicists have now discovered how the violin family produce their sound, but this knowledge is not generally accessible to players and makers. In this book, now available in paperback, Sir James Beament, a distinguished scientist with a livelong involvement with musical instruments, explains, without asssuming any scientific background, how strings vibrate, and the role played by the bow, bridge, and body in producing sound. Those discoveries do not give a satisfactory explanation of what we hear, and the core of the book explains how the sound relates to the sensations it produces. This leads to the conclusion that…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Figures



Sound and Vibration



The Vibration of Strings



The Bridge, Soundpost, and Tailpiece



The Violin Body



Resonance and Response



Hearing String Sound



Under the Ear and Far Away



The Bow



How Glue Works



Varnish and Varnishing



Real Strings



Purchase, Maintenance, and Children's Instruments


Further Reading of Several Kinds


Index