Visualized Just Intonation in the perfect third and fifth
To hear a perfect third, the two frequencies are in the ratio of 5:4. For example a Kammerton A at 440Hz has its perfect third at 550Hz. The equally tempered…
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Plutarch on Music
Dem Ursprunge der menschlichen Stimme nachzuforschen, ihr Freunde, das passt nicht zu unserem jetzigen Trinkgelage, denn es ist das eine Untersuchung, welche einer enthaltsameren Musse bedarf. Aber da die hervorragendsten…
Gioseffo Zarlino Rennaissance
31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590 His early education was with the Franciscans, and he later joined the order himself. In 1536 he was a singer at Chioggia…
Happy Birthday Andreas Werckmeister
Andreas Werckmeister was born 372 years ago. «Diese Zahlen 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. und 8. sind nun ein Corpus der völligen Harmonie […]. Sie können uns Schatten-Weise das…
Vowels in the human voice
Most composers of vocal music take great care to use music to emphasize the meaning of the libretto (or text to sing). And while composing the harmonics, it’s good to…
Harmonic intervals: a quest over centuries in the example of the third
Why do we perceive some intervals as consonant with a pleasant sound and other intervals not? A music instrument does not only play a plain sine wave but contains overtones,…
Hermann von Helmholtz: Singing in tune is naturally easy and most beatiful while pianos are always wrong.
When working with sound design, you’ll soon learn about a Helmholtz resonator (or absorber). This resonating effect was discovered by the german polymath Hermann von Helmoltz. In a way like…
Helmholtz in cars
Does you car or motorbike sound dull or loud? Use a Helmholtz resonator in the exhaust. As simple as adding a pipe to the exhaust: dirtydeedsindustries.com/product/helmholtz-resonator/ or buying an expensive, sound…
