ECE3260 2004

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The violin
History of
Construction
Vibrations of...
Plucked string
Bowed string
Violin body
Tuning the top and back plate
The bridge

Other bowed string instruments

Viola
Cello
Bass
New family of fiddle

The guitar

Construction
As a vibrating system
Vibrations of ..
top plate
back plate
air cavity
Resonance of the guitar body
Sound radiation
Electric guitar
Strings, frets, & compensation

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Instruments in the Brass family

Tuba
Trombone
Trumpet
French horn

Brass acoustics
Oscillations in a pipe
Impedance curves

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Instruments in the Woodwind family.

Clarinet
Saxophone
Oboe
Bassoon
Flute
Recorder

Vibration of a pipe-reed system.

Regenerative feedback
Impedance curves
Tone holes
Bore types
Registers & register holes

Mechanical reed instruments

Clarinet
Double reed (oboe, bassoon)
Saxophone

Oscillating air streams and whistles.

Flute
Recorder
Organ Pipes

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Instrument Classification
Idiophone
Membranophone
Aerophone
Chordophone

Vibration of bars
Glockenspeil
Marimba
Xylophone
Vibes
Chimes
Triangles

Vibrations of membranes
Timpani
Bass drum
Snare drum

Other drums

Vibration of plates
Cymbals
Gong and tam tams
Steel drums
Bells and carillons
Hand bells

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Piano
Soundboard

Sustaining pedal
Una corda pedal
Piano strings
Tuning of unisons
Piano sound
Hammer-string interaction

Clavichord
Tangent

Harpsichord
Plectrum
Buff stop
virginal and spinet

Harp

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Pipe organ
Construction
Great
Swell
Tracker
Organ pipes (scaling)
Flu( labial)
Diapason
Flute
Strings
Reed (lingual)
Sound generation in flu pipes
Tuning and voicing organ pipes