The physical modelling and simulation of string instruments is an interdisciplinary field that integrates mathematical analyses, numerical simulations, and experimental validations to replicate the ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

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What's the physical mechanism behind the distinctive sound of a banjo? David Politzer — probably better known for his work on quantum chromodynamics than his passion for banjos — may not be the first ...

The V-800 can turn your electric guitar into a sonic chameleon, nailing the tones of another electric, turning it into an acoustic, a sitar or a huge range of sounds – and it works with bass guitars ...

Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place with the 40-string, 45-foot-long droning instrument she created decades ago. The sound artist Ellen Fullman near her home in Berkeley, Calif.Credit...Erin ...

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