On Wednesday 20 August 2008 19:33, Herbert Ward rattled on the keyboard: > In the past, I made several assumptions about the > volume of a lute as it is plucked. > > However, after making real measurements with > a microphone, computer, and sound-card, they > appear possibly false. > > Measurements are presented in this diagram > > http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~ward/structure.jpg > > The horizontal axis is time > The vertical axis is sound volume. > The music in the diagram is a series of > one-voice phrases, played on the second and > third courses of a double-strung lute. > > > Hi herbert, It's perhaps interesting to change it into a 3D plot where you put time on the Z axis and plot a changing fourier plot on x-y. Your assumption about 'not loudest immediately after the pluck' has much to do with string types. A gut string reaches earlier it's maximum than a nylon string, while sustain is less. Perhaps also a nice exercise. Taco (another lutenist working at a physics department)
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