Questions tagged [resonance]
For questions about the resonance phenomenon in music.
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Does natural amplification TRULY exist in acoustics or does it have to be turned into an electrical signal first?
I have seen people claim these two scenarios as being possible acoustic amplifications. My question is, are they TRULY amplification or are there any other types of acoustic amplification in existence....
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Electric guitar is making a weird vibrating noise on hammer-on
I bought a new ESP LTD M-201 guitar and everything is sounding nice, except if I hammer-on in this specific spot in the guitar, it starts to vibrate and make a weird noise. I tried fretwrap and it ...
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How to improve what I am doing, thanks! [closed]
Am I out of tune? A little fast or a little slow? It’s original female song. I need more objective opinions from different people, not from someone know me well.
Thank you!!!
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Does the lip really vibrate at the same frequency of a brass instrument?
The resonance of woodwind brass instruments can be modeled after a closed cylindrical pipe and calculated by the equation f = (nv)/(4L) where n denotes the number of harmonics, v the velocity of sound ...
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Does it matter if a digital piano has a large cabinet?
I am looking at purchasing a digital piano for a young student. We do not need it to be mobile.
From pictures, many of the digital pianos in our budget (sub $3000) look like they have the same form-...
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Electric guitar is making a vibrating noise on hammer on
About 3 months ago I bought an Ibanez RG652FX. A few days ago I noticed a weird vibrating sound when I played a hammer-on on a G string. It is most noticeable when playing 9th to 11th fret hammer-on ...
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Striking open B & E (high) strings causes newly purchased classical guitar to resonate, flaw?
Just purchased my first classical guitar (Alhambra 10P) and I am learning to play.
I notice that if I strike the top two strings (B & e) then immediately mute them, the guitar's lower strings ...
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Doubt about Harp Sound
I have some doubts about the acoustics of the harp?
What is the resonant oscillator and sound effuser on a harp?
For example, on a trumpet, the resonant oscillator is the body of the instrument ...
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Why do I hear tritone overtones when I play my G string very softly?
When I play the G string on my violin exceptionally softly, among the sympathetic overtones I hear is a diminished fifth. Why is this? Is this specific to my particular instrument? Out of curiosity,...
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What is required in a hollow "tube" to resonate?
What is required in a hollow piece of tube of any shape to resonate and generate musical stable pitches and harmonics?
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Third resonant frequency when two notes are played
I have noticed that when two notes - relatively spaced apart, more than a tone and less than an octave - are played, there is a third frequency that can be heard, and this frequency lies between the ...
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Digital home organ bass resonance
I got a home organ in my living room, and I get a lot of bass resonance. I'm looking for easiest ways how to get rid of these. The room is 350x590cm and 260cm high, the organ stands in the corner, ...
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When playing high notes on piano (above F6) lower notes can be heard. Why is this?
I can only hear this effect on F6 or above, but if I use the sustain pedal, i can hear it from G5. The higher the note the easier it is to hear the low notes.
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How to identify mud and resonance in a mix [closed]
I am trying to self-learn how to mix music and while searching I have found that a lot of people talk about mud and resonance in the sound, why do they mean by that and how do I identify those. I ...
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String instrument response vs. a nice ring [closed]
I've been hunting for a violin, and am wondering: do you find that response (how easy it is to articulate) is inversely proportionate to how well it rings? Does this difference somewhat go down as ...
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Bass Guitar Metallic Ringing / Resonance?
I have a MIM Fender Jazz bass from the early 2000s that has sounded ridiculously good... until just last night. I noticed that now when I play the A string open there is a very strange acoustic noise ...
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Why does the open string oscillate when I play its corresponding fretted note on another string?
I noticed when I play for example a fretted A note on the E string, the below A string starts oscillating as well. I can observe this behaviour on all other strings. Why is this? Is this intended or ...
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violin other string vibrates loudly when playing another string
When I play an A3 on my violin, the A5 string vibrates very loudly, to the point of the A5 string vibrating long after the A3 stops. I can even see the A5 open string vibrate. There is no problem for ...
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Why does signal clipping create more resonance in the upper harmonics
I was watching this video:
In it you can see that upper harmonics start to resonate/sustain even grow. What is about a square wave that fosters harmonics better then ...
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Can a soundboard, if designed with the right shape and materials, be as accurate as a series of tubes for filtering/amplifying desired frequencies?
By cascading tube resonators of different cross section areas, it is possible to have a lot of control over the filtering of the sound, e.g. vowels in human voice can be approximated by cascading only ...
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Resonance in electric guitar
I have a very basic Ibanez (don't laugh) GRX 55B electric guitar and a much, MUCH more basic Laney LX-10 Amp. If I pick, say, the high E string and then mute it, I can still hear faint ringing of the ...
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Terrible electric guitar resonance
My guitar started giving me some serious whine recently (never before). It seems to mostly happen when I play the 'D' chord. I have contacted Schecter, and they seem to think, after watching my video (...
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What are the most common overtones of a vibrating string? [duplicate]
EDIT: You can tell the degree of uniqueness of this question by it's very noticeable contrast in answers compared to the "duplicate". The answers to the question this "duplicates" are vastly ...
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Why do guitarists put tape on their amplifiers?
I've never truly understood why so many guitarists put tape on their amplifiers.
I have seen many YouTube videos where, before recording and placing a microphone towards their amp, they will put tape ...
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Acoustics of woodwinds with centered mouthpieces/openings
Common woodwind instruments, as you know, are blown into from one of the two ends; the acoustic studies for air columns mainly center around these. But I am attempting to understand the acoustics of a ...
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Electric guitar problem, bad resonance?
I've been facing this problem for quite some time now: some notes sounding bad with an overdriven amp. It's a 19 years old solid body Kaman GTX-33 (the maker of the Ovation acoustic guitar), made in ...
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What really is a proper way of singing?
I have been trying to sing for the longest time and I still suck at it big time. First off, I'm a seasoned musician who can tell if a guitar or piano is out of tune so I can recognize pitch but ...
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Vocal Resonance and the Acoustic Chamber
As a student of vocal singing, I've had trouble developing a full resonant sound, especially across my entire range. On accident I had my guitar hole placed near my head and I noticed in a particular ...
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What gives the sitar its characteristic sound?
The sitar has an instantly recognisable sound:
http://soundcloud.com/georgeharrison/your-eyes-sitar-solo
I've always assumed that the characteristic 'lush background drone' that I associate with the ...
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Why do certain rooms/vessels respond to specific frequencies?
Since I was a kid I was always wondering why is it that when I sing in a small room (i.e. bathroom!), whenever I touch a certain frequency, the whole room vibrates sympathetically.
What are the ...
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One note sounding louder than others - resonance? What to do?
When I play my guitar, the note A sounds annoyingly louder than other notes. This is most prominent with the open A string, though it happens in other octaves too.
I guess this is because of ...
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creating a simple instrument tuned to a specific frequency
I would like to create a very simple percussion instrument that would match the resonant frequency of an echo-y cave I occasionally visit. Currently I am thinking of using a metal bar, but I don't ...
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Which note is consonance and which is dissonance
1) I did some reading saying 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th note are unstable note. where 7th note tends to move towards the tonic and it is the most unstable note. Is it true? When I play through the scale, i ...
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Can old batter heads be used as resonant heads?
Is it possible to use old worn-out drum batter heads as resonant heads? I have a couple of heads that have dents in them, and are sounding pretty crap, and I'm wondering if it's worth using them as ...
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