Harmonic Content of a Plucked String

Edgar J. Berdahl and Julius O. Smith III

REALSIMPLE Project¹

Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Department of Music
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305

REALSIMPLE Project²

Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and the
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Abstract:

This laboratory assignment should provide the student with an intuitive understanding of the spectral representation of a plucked string sound and how this sound changes as the spectral content is altered. This assignment should be carried out following the first monochord laboratory assignment for the RealSimple Project.

Detailed Contents (and Navigation)

• Introduction
• Summary of Objectives
• Background
• Theory
• Procedure
  • Part 1: Single Note
  • Part 2: Melody
  
  
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