Spectrum analysis for introductory musical acoustics

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-147

  Smedley, John E ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0032331955     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18833     Document Type: Article

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8. The author is grateful to Eben Scanlon for building the microphone/ preamplifier systems.
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