i need help with this i cant find anything on it and i really need to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-12 09:29:16 · 2 answers · asked by Claria m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Wow, big question!
Ok, there are many scientific principles, but a good place to start would be with the fundemental principle behind sound and acoustics. In a word the science of musical instruments is the science of vibration and thereafter the anthropocentric (human) response to these vibrations, moulds our design of muscial instrument (As an aside: some sciences of music for instance psychoacoustics are used for the basis of MP3 players etc.)! Musical instruments rely on, for instance:
Resonance
harmonics
standing-waves
The scienctific formula and principles change dependant on the instrument. Is the instrument struck? Then we must consider the vibrational mechanics of that which is struck. If the instrument is a glockenspeil the response and behaviour is different from a simple string instrument or a wind instrument. Sometimes we have to combine many scientific principles from one-dimensional wave equations, pressure distributions, scatter, diffraction, refraction etc.
There is an awfull amount of maths related to equal temprement logarithms etc.
There is the engineering to make the instruments (materials, mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics)!!! The chemistry of bonding, welding metallic parts...
Too much to say to answer this question, hopefully all who answer will fill in more details and give you enough.
2007-01-12 10:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by Paine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modulation of frequency and resonance.
2007-01-13 20:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋