Title :
Measurement and evaluation of violin tone quality
Author :
Hirai, Rie ; Watanabe, Kajiro ; Kobayashi, Kazuyuki ; Kurihara, Yosuke
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The violin is the smallest, and most popular, member of the string family. A quality violin played by a skilled violinist has a beautiful, rich tone that is closest in sound to the human voice. Other tonal aspects of the violin can. Differ according to its age, the type of materials used, and the violin maker. Therefore, when buying a violin, it is necessary to experience the flavor or color of the sound, which is specific to each violin and is produced by the overtones. However, this is not always an easy task. This paper describes the relationship between the overtones as a physical value and impression of the sound as perceived by the listener.
Keywords :
music; musical instruments; human voice; sound color; sound flavor; string family; violin maker; violin tone quality evaluation; violin tone quality measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Educational institutions; Harmonic analysis; Image color analysis; Materials; Particle measurements; Semantics;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2011 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0714-8