Euphonics

Section 11.9, now added, gives a general account of the mechanics of speaking and singing, with a brief look at birdsong at the end

Two of the sections relating to bowed strings have undergone a major revision in the light of a new approach to inferring a friction model from measurements.

Section 7.3 has been upgraded, to give a more thorough account of the phenomenon of double-decay profiles, especially in stringed instrument that use multiple strings for each note.

In the long interval since the last post, Euphonics, has continued to grow.

After a rather long interval, I have finally completed a draft of a long chapter on wind instruments.

I am very grateful to the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Cambridge’s oldest scientific society, who have recently taken over the hosting of Euphonics to give it a measure of permanence.

The latest step: a complete draft of Chapter 10 is now online, looking at the rather broad question of measurements and experiments involving the physics of musical instruments.

This chapter examines what happens when a string is driven by bowing.

Chapter 8 gives an overview of the vibration of nonlinear systems.

A first complete draft of Chapter 7 is now in place.