Analysis of handling noises on wound strings

J. Pakarinen, H. Penttinen, B. Bank
2007 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  
This study analyzes the handling noises that occur when a finger is slided along a wound string. The resulting noise has a harmonic structure due to the periodic texture of the wound string. The frequency of the harmonics and the root-mean-square amplitude of the noise were found to be linearly proportional to the sliding speed. In addition, the sliding excites the longitudinal modes of the string, thus resulting in a set of static harmonics in the noise spectrum. The sliding excites different
more » ... ongitudinal modes depending on the sliding location.
doi:10.1121/1.2786607 pmid:18247641 fatcat:vds3het5bbbf5j4jbsmuizlgmm