Numerical simulations of xylophones. I. Time-domain modeling of the vibrating bars

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 539-557

  Chaigne, Antoine ^a   Doutaut, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MODEL; MUSIC; PERCUSSION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031021720     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418117     Document Type: Article

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