Measurement, modelling and synthesis of violin vibrato sounds

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Gough, Colin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WOOD;

MULTI-RESONANT DYNAMIC RESPONSE; VIBRATO SOUNDS; VIBRATO-INDUCED FLUCTUATIONS; VIOLINS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTICS; FREQUENCY; INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIBRATION; WOOD;

EID: 17044428613     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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