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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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526 18. Music and Musical InstrumentsFigure 18.15. Additional plucked-string instruments from top to bottom: ukulele, guitar,banjo, and mandolin (from Olson, 1967).one semitone apart. The guitar is similarly constructed except it is larger than theukulele by nearly twice the length, and it consists of six strings, tuned to E 2 ,A 2 ,D 3 ,G 3 ,B 3 , and E 4 . The guitar is played by either plucking with fingers or with apick or plectrum (a flat piece of metal or plastic) held firmly between the thumband the first finger. The adjacent frets also result in notes that are one semitoneapart.The body of a mandolin consists of a flat top attached to a hollow semiellipsoidalbody. This combination of the body and the body cavity coupled to the externalair through a hole constitutes a complex resonator. A bridge mounted at the centerof the flat surface of the body couples the vibrating strings to the body.

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