Timbre Analysis and Synthesis of Stringed Musical Instruments

In this paper, we discuss and propose how to analyze and synthesize the timbre of stringed musical instruments, especially electric bass guitars and pianos. The structure of harmonics´ elements on the Fourier spectrum is investigated. And a novel method is proposed to deform the structure while keeping the same timbre for monophomc instrument sound that is, what kind of restriction must be imposed. To confirm the effectiveness of our proposed method, experiments are conducted and the results are shown. According to the rule introduced here, it is possible to synthesize the new timbre belonging to a stringed instrument