Re: Midterm Question - Sort of

[Sampere <sampere@SUHEP.PHY.SYR.EDU>]

As a saxophone player, I take offence to your "broad spectrum NOISE" statement,
but perhaps that's what others hear when I play my horn.  Oh well.

Sam

Jim Green wrote:

> At 06:18 PM 7/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > > Somebody tutor me here:  Several musical instruments are not harmonically
> > > driven -- no?
> >
> > I can't think of any musical instruments that *are* harmonically
> > driven, unless you count a speaker driven by an amplified synthesizer.
> > Resonance would be a distinct drawback in a speaker.
>
> Leigh, the trombone, trumpet, bugle and I suppose other brass are clearly
> harmonically driven -- musicians please speak up here -- ie the lips must
> vibrate at the frequency of the desired note -- or maybe at an
> harmonic.  The instrument is merely a resonant cavity to amplify the sound
> made by the lips -- as opposed to the winds and reeds, which amplify broad
> spectrum noise in the case of the reeds and define the frequency in the
> case of the winds.
>
> However I am not sure of any of this. (:-)
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen
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