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sneekymum
post Oct 10 2006, 08:06 AM
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I read this about subharmonics in the New Scientist -

"Mari Kimura, a New York-based violinist, can go even lower without retuning her instrument. From the violin's bottom G string she can produce sounds a whole octave lower - a G with a pitch of 98 Hz - as well as everything between that and 196 Hz. It is the sort of note that you can normally only hear on a cello or a double bass."


She has a web page here - http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mk4/subharmonics.html


I thought it was fascinating. I've never heard of this before.
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post Oct 10 2006, 10:16 AM
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Wow, never even heard of such a thing. Will have to check out the soundfiles when I get broadband back...

Have you listened?
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post Oct 10 2006, 10:25 AM
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Fascinating but in the same sort of category as that guy's 5-octave voice - freaky and not at all pleasant sounding.
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post Oct 10 2006, 10:48 AM
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It reminds me of the Hardanger fiddle - and like the Hardanger it's probably the sort of thing that would get banned from churches.
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post Oct 14 2006, 08:41 PM
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Hehe. Was trying this out while practicing earlier. It's not that difficult if make sure you're bow has plenty of rosin on.

The way I did it was to apply a lot of pressure on the bow and use an extremely slow stroke while imagining that the bow is hooked to the string and is pulling it quite strongly. After a while you can control it a bit better.

I was able to make notes an octave lower and was even able to produced a bottom C. That is, the bottom string of a cello. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) And it even works on the A and D strings (although I wouldn't try on the E string if I was you).

It sounded terrible of course with the tiny body of a violin and as far as I can see serves no useful purpose in terms of making pleasant sounds, but it's still fun to know that your violin could double up as a viola/cello if there isn't a viola/cello player available.
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post Oct 14 2006, 09:50 PM
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Hehe. I'll have to try sometime!
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post Oct 14 2006, 10:00 PM
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QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Oct 14 2006, 10:50 PM) *

Hehe. I'll have to try sometime!


I don't think it will work on a flute

even with lots of rosin
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post Oct 14 2006, 10:01 PM
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QUOTE(sneekymum @ Oct 14 2006, 11:00 PM) *

I don't think it will work on a flute

even with lots of rosin


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post Oct 14 2006, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ Oct 14 2006, 11:01 PM) *
QUOTE(sneekymum @ Oct 14 2006, 11:00 PM) *
I don't think it will work on a flute

even with lots of rosin
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Ditto (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) good one, sneekymum (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 15 2006, 08:39 AM
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*Cancels viola*
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