The violin explained : components, mechanism, and sound

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Label

The violin explained : components, mechanism, and sound

Title remainder

components, mechanism, and sound

Statement of responsibility

James Beament

Creator

• Beament, James, 1921-2005

Subject

• Geigenbau
• Musique -- Acoustique et physique
• Muziekinstrumentenbouw
• Natuurkunde
• Akoestiek
• Violin -- Acoustics
• Violin -- Construction
• Violon -- Facture
• Violen

Language

eng

Summary

In this book Sir James Beament, a distinguished scientist with a lifelong involvement with musical instruments, explains, without assuming any scientific background, how strings vibrate, and the role played by the bow, bridge, and body in producing sound. Those discoveries do not give a satisfactory picture of what we hear, and the core of the book explains how the sound relates to the sensations it produces. This leads to the conclusion that most of the myths about violins are groundless, but also that nothing can be achieved by applying modern technology to making or playing. Practical advice on strings, maintenance, purchase, and children's instruments completes the discussion

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

ML802

LC item number

.B25 1997

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography