Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Fessenden, Cortez, b. 1852 · Toronto : Copp, Clark · leaf 191
w does the string vibrate in each case 1 2. How does the note which the string yields differ from thatwhich it gives when it vibrates as a whole ? The above experiments show that a stretched stringmay vibrate not only as a whole, but may be made alsoto divide itself into a number of equal parts,… … Fio. 148. 10. Overtones.—Quality or Timbre. It is impossible to vibrate a string as a whole without,at the same time, causing it, to a greater or less extent,to divide and vibrate also as segments. The fundamentalnote of the string will, therefore, be mingled to a greateror less degree with its…
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