Len_derby Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 Here's a link to some photographs on the BBC website. They show pictorial representations of the vibrations that occur in a string instrument when it's played. Very interesting and quite beautiful. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13573631"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13573631[/url]
ChTBoner Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 I wish there were videos, but still, very interesting!
Skol303 Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 "Lucy in the Sky, with Diamonds..." Seriously though, very interesting... Holographic Interferometry... that's a new one on me. "At low frequencies, the guitar plate moves back and forth not unlike the piston of a loudspeaker" - I wonder if this goes some way to explaining the percussive nature of bass tones? Whatever. Sure looks fun!
ZMech Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 some sweet images. I'm not sure whether the fact that I'm seeing those after a day spent revising vibration (one of my modules for engineering) makes me appreciate them more or less. Either way, got to love science put to good use!
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