The science of string instruments / Thomas D. Rossing, editor.
Material type:
- 9781441971098 (alk. paper)
- 1441971092 (alk. paper)
- 787 ROS/Sci
- ML3805 .S36 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Thomas D. Rossing -- Plucked strings / Thomas D. Rossing -- Guitars and lutes / Thomas D. Rossing and Graham Caldersmith -- Portuguese guitar / Octavio Inacio -- Banjo / James Rae -- Mandolin family instruments / David J. Cohen and Thomas D. Rossing -- Psalteries and zithers / Andres Peekna and Thomas D. Rossing -- Harpsichord and clavichord / Neville H. Fletcher and Carey Beebe -- Harp / Chris Waltham -- Burmese arched harp / Robert M. Williamson -- Plucked string instruments in Asia / Shigeru Yoshikawa -- Bowed strings / Thomas D. Rossing and Roger J. Hanson -- Violin / Joseph Curtin and Thomas D. Rossing -- Cello / Eric Bynum and Thomas D. Rossing -- Double bass / Anders Askenfelt -- Bows, strings, and bowing / Knut Guettler -- Viols and other historic bowed string instruments / Murray Campbell and Patsy Campbell -- The Hutchins-Schelleng violin octet after 50 years / George Bissinger -- Hammered strings / Thomas D. Rossing -- Some remarks on the acoustics of the piano / Nicholas Giordano -- Hammered dulcimer / David Peterson -- Electric guitar and violin / Colin Gough -- Virtual string synthesis / Nelson Lee and Julius O. Smith.
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