Comparison Between Acoustic Spectral Evolutions of Violins Before and After Varnishing

Stanciu, Mariana Domnica; Năstac, Silviu; Savin, Adriana

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“…In the signal processing, the specific frequencies of the free strings were assimilated with the notations in the music to make the information accessible to everyone. Thus, the 196 Hz G chord is known as the G# string; the D string (293.7 Hz) is equated to the literary symbolization D#; the A string (440 Hz) known as the A# string; and the E string (659.3 Hz), with the symbol E# [18]. The recorded and processed musical signals by domains of interest are shown in Fig.…”

Section: The Methods 221 Acoustic Analysismentioning

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“…The psycho-acoustic analysis was based on the procedure presented in previous publications [16][17][18], in the present study the sample of evaluated violins was extended. After listening to the recorded musical sequence, the respondents assigned for each violin heard, notes from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent), corresponding to the acoustic quality criteria: bright and strong tone; sound clarity; warm sound; amplitude of sounds; equal sound on all 4 strings.…”

Section: The Acoustic Quality Evaluation Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

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13. The Acoustic Analysis of Violins and the Artistic Impressions Evaluated by Musicians

Stanciu¹,

Nauncef²,

Dinulică³

et al. 2023

Review of Artistic Education

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Violin studies can be classified into two main types: psychoacoustic studies, which are based on the artistic perception of audibility by violinists and vibro-acoustic studies, which are based on the spectral analysis of the vibrations and sounds produced by the instruments. The paper presents the acoustic analysis of violins by means of specialized software, their main acoustic characteristics being extracted in the form of frequency spectrum, spectrograms, specific modes and number of harmonics. These results were compared with the results of the opinion poll among musicians regarding the acoustic qualities of violins, based on musical auditions. The results highlighted the fact that the acoustic analysis technique cannot detect in totality the psycho-acoustic effects of musical sounds, therefore the establishment of the acoustic quality of the instruments on objective foundations, since the personal touch of an instrumental artist aims at the approach and articulation of the musical discourse, in a complex manner, combined with the interpretation of forms and styles.

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Section: The Methods 221 Acoustic Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Acoustic Quality Evaluation Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%