Re: [Phys-l] harmonics (fwd)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi all-
	The following, courtesy of my musician office mate.
						Regards,
							Jack

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Hi Jack,

Harmonics in instruments depend upon many factors, even within
each instrument. A general reference for some of the timbres is
Rossing's book on "Science of Sound", 3rd Ed. He gives some general
figures for some instruments to give you an idea of their "signature".

As for the Web, the University of New South Wales in Australia has
a research institute for the physics of music and they have a wealth
of information on most instruments.

I hope that this helps.
Gordon

On 4/16/2008, "Jack Uretsky" <jlu@hep.anl.gov> wrote:

> Hi Gordon-
> 	Thought you might know the answer to this.
> 			Regards,
> 					Jack
>
> --
> "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
> 		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
> 		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> In teaching about sound, I am looking for a list of instruments and all
> the harmonics they produce. I know the harmonics determine the quality of
> sound from a musical instrument. Does anyone have or know of a good
> website/reference/table/book that shows all the instruments, which
> harmonics are present, and their relative magnitude?
>
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