Chordophones.pptVIP

Magnetic pickups coil typically thousands of winds with thin magnet wire and with a central iron core. Resonant frequency of pickup tuned with capacitance of wires and other stuff to be near ear sensitivity peak (few 2kHz). Pickups combined in series and with opposite phases so hum is cancelled ? humbucker they work near vibrating metal (strings, gongs …) Disadvantages: noise pickup, need vibrating metal Advantages: interesting sound quality, no need for sound board, good sustain Contact Pickups Typically using piezo-electric material Often mounted on or near bridge of a stringed instrument. Ineffective in wind instruments unless allowed to move in the air Advantages: flat frequency response, very cheap, resistant to noise pickup, no need for sound board Disadvantages: possibly less dynamic range, pickups up surface noise, clicks, knocks, scrapes, plucking Air pickups Microphones Most natural sound Sensitive to feedback * Demo on modes with different weights (tensions) Microphone + preamp and some stringed instruments comparison of strings at different tensions and problems playing them. Use guitar and electric guitar. Loudness softness, decay, pitch, harmonics String without sound board Student made banjos. Washtub bass. Show resonant chamber animusic? * * * Butlerdemos\Track02.4.mp3 * * * * * * * Strings/VI_p-porta_zigane.mp3 * * * * * * * Strings/moonlight.mp3 Strings/MarinMoonlightcomplete.mp3 * * * * * * * * * * * Chordophones Physics of Music PHY103 Tradeoffs in chordophonesStrings only High tension means a lot of stress on the instrument. More massive strings have lower pitches under lower tension However thick strings don’t bend very easily Loss of high frequencies leading to dull or soft timbre. Shift of overtones sharpwards Piano spectrum 347Hz 697Hz 1396Hz 1094Hz Higher harmonics are higher than multiples of fundamental Why? Wave equation requires more energy for shorter waves – non-linear wave equation on string 347*2=694 347*3=1041 3