Science & Performance A concert Presentation at the joint Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists Supported by The Acoustical Society of America
Musical Acoustics An Evening with The Art and Science of Music The Families of Musical Instruments: Physics and Performance
Quartet from the Nashville Jazz Orchestra Jim Williamson Director Science Comments by Uwe J. Hansen Indiana State University
Musical Instruments –AThe Power Supply –BThe Oscillator –CThe Resonator –DThe Amplifier –EThe Pitch Control Mechanism
The Bowed String Family A W Violin o o o o G3 D4 A4 E5 A W Viola o o o o C3 G3 D4 A4 A W Cello o o o o C2 G2 D3 A3 A W Bass o o o o E1 A1 D2 G2 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
Some Violin Modes
Guitar Modes: Holographic Interferograms
Guitar Modes; Modal Analysis Frames
Woodwinds: Clarinet Spectrum
Air Column Resonance: Closed Tube
Air Column Resonance: Open Tube
Air Column Resonance: Trombone
The Piano: Spectrum
The Piano: Inharmonicity, Stretch Tuning
The Piano: Sound Board Mode
The Piano: Radiated Sound Near Field