Perceptual relevance of inharmonicity and spectral envelope in the piano bass range

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 528-536

  Galembo, Alexander ^a   Askenfelt, Anders ^b   Cuddy, Lola L ^c   Russo, Frank A ^c  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; HARMONIC GENERATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REVERBERATION; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

BASS TONES; INHARMONICITY; SOUNDBOARDS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 2942717055     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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