In Reply to: Re: Your informants are mistaken… posted by David Aiken on July 30, 2002 at 01:51:30:
"The body of the instrument will have it's own natural resonant frequency which may or may not be the same as the note being played. Actually, the resonant pattern of the body of the instrument can be quite complex with the back, sides, top or sound board, and neck all having different resonant frequencies which you can hear by tapping them."And it is all these differences that differentiate the "tone" of double bass A from double bass B. In addition, the type of string used also does affect the 'tone', but to a smaller extent from my experience.
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- Re: Your informants are mistaken… - TOOL 04:39:26 07/30/02 (1)
- Yes but let's not go there… - David Aiken 14:56:01 07/30/02 (0)