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Intonația la instrumentele de coarde, sistemele internaționale, soluții științifice și practice
The intonation for string instruments, international systems, scientific and practical solutions

Author(s): Carol Vitez
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Eurostampa
Keywords: intonation; intervals; String; system; units;

Summary/Abstract: A brief history of the violin making with the origin of the instruments and the most important representatives of the great violin making schools. Construction of the string instruments. Units of measurement of the intervals and sounds, their relevance and the history of discoveries. The great intonation systems, the temperate and the free-swinging systems with their parts. A history of their evolution. Uneven tempering system. The equal tempered system. The natural harmonic system. The continuing using it with a short history. Intervals in the natural harmonic system. The Pythagorean system. Intervals in the Pythagorean system. The hearing, the brain and the possibilities of an instrumentalist in intoning just a sound. The smallest interval that we can certainly detect and identify with our human hearing. The smallest unit of measurement is the foundation of every system of measurement. Hearing training. The advantages of the Pythagorean system. The only free-swinging system from which we can extract a complete scale, sounds at the same frequency, a beneficial psychical effect.

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 189-205
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian