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Violin Resonances

The document discusses violin resonances, including: 1) Benade's general resonance curve for violins which shows that the main air resonance would enhance the D string and the main wood resonance would enhance the A string. 2) Measurements by Hutchins of the resonance curve of a 1713 Stradivarius violin, which are considered important indicators of violin quality. 3) That the f-holes of a violin form an air cavity resonance that enhances frequencies close to the open D string note.

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Violin Resonances

The document discusses violin resonances, including: 1) Benade's general resonance curve for violins which shows that the main air resonance would enhance the D string and the main wood resonance would enhance the A string. 2) Measurements by Hutchins of the resonance curve of a 1713 Stradivarius violin, which are considered important indicators of violin quality. 3) That the f-holes of a violin form an air cavity resonance that enhances frequencies close to the open D string note.

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Violin Resonances
Benade's resonance curve for a violin suggests that the main air resonance would enhance
the D string and that the main wood resonance would enhance the A string. It should be
compared with Hutchins' measurements for a Stradivarius.

Index

String
instruments

Musical
instruments

Reference
Benade
Ch.24
Schelleng

Benade's general resonance curve for a violin which is based on Schelleng's calculations,
which he states have been verified by experiment. They are not meant to represent a single,
specific instrument, as I understand it, but to give a typical behavior. It is interesting to note
that the overall resonance curve is not a simple superposition of the air and wood resonances,
which is reasonable if variations in phase caused their effects not to consistently add. The air
and wood resonances shown are surprisingly sharp.

Hutchins' resonant curve

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Violin Resonances
String
This is a classic resonance curve of a 1713 Stradivarius violin from the measurements of instruments

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Carleen Hutchins. The prominance and frequencies of the

Musical
instruments

Reference
Hutchins

air resonance and wood resonance are taken as important indicators of the quality of the
instrument.

Benade's resonance curve

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Air Resonance and the f-holes


The f-holes of a violin form the opening of a cavity resonator which in the resonance curve
for the Stradivarius shown enhances frequencies close to the open string D4 at 294 Hz.

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String
instruments

Musical
instruments

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Resonance curve

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