What does playability mean?

**What does playability mean?**

``Playability'' can be defined as the region of a multidimensional space given by the parameters of the model where a good tone is obtained, where by good tone, we usually mean the Helmholtz motion.

$\begin{center} \epsfig{file=eps/Helmholtz.eps,width=10cm} \\ \end{center}$

The string sticks to the bow for most of the time, slipping backwards just once per vibration period.
String motion:
$\begin{center} \epsfig{file=eps/helmove.eps,width=6cm} \\ Motion of a bowed string during an ideal Helmholtz motion. String velocity at the bowed point and trasverse force exerted by the string on the bridge. \end{center}$

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``Impact of String Stiffness on Virtual Bowed Strings'', by Stefania Serafin<serafin@ccrma.stanford.edu>, (From CCRMA DSP Seminar Presentation, Music 423).
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