The science of string instruments /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Plucked strings
- Guitars and lutes
- Portuguese guitar
- Banjo
- Mandolin family instruments
- Psalteries and zithers
- Harpsichord and clavichord
- Harp
- Burmese arched harp
- Plucked string instruments in Asia
- Bowed strings
- Violin
- Cello
- Double bass
- Bows, strings, and bowing
- Viols and other historic bowed string instruments
- The Hutchins-Schelleng violin octet after 50 years
- Hammered strings
- Some remarks on the acoustics of the piano
- Hammered dulcimer
- Electric guitar and violin
- Virtual string synthesis.