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Michael Edgerton

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A case study of scaling multiple parameters by the violin

Author

  • Michael Edgerton
  • Wolfgang Auhagen

Other contributions

  • N Hashim

Summary, in English

This article will present a single case study of the acoustic attributes of sound production techniques that are involved in the expansion of performance practice with the violin. In this study, four elements were chosen from the multidimensional network involved in playing a normal tone, and then each was intentionally decoupled from ordinario. These elements (bow speed, bow placement, bow angle, and bow portion) were scaled between minimal and maximal values for any single parameter. Then, between minimal and maximal values, a series of scalar degrees were chosen to more or less uniformly link these extremes. This article will present acoustical attributes of these methods and discuss implications for musical usage. This study found that decoupling of any single parameter will result in perceptible differences that range from timbral to dynamical (sound) class change.

Department/s

  • Teachers (Malmö Academy of Music)

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

473-496

Publication/Series

Musicae Scientiae

Volume

18

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Keywords

  • acoustics
  • bowed string
  • desynchronization
  • decoupling
  • Dynamical Systems
  • multiple parameters
  • music composition
  • nonlinear phenomena
  • scaling
  • sound production
  • violin

Status

Published