Barton, Edwin H. (Edwin Henry), b. 1858 · London, Macmillan and Co., limited · leaf 503
his curve that a veryslight mistuning of the unison or octave produces a veryharsh dissonance, whereas the consonances of some otherintervals (notably the thirds and sixths) are far lessimpaired by slight mistunings. 431. Expt. 76. Consonances and Dissonances of all Intervalswithin an Octave.—The… … g ab a bb Fig. 93.—Degree of Roughness of Intervals within an Octave. bowing the two a strings together while sliding the fingeralong the lower half of one of them, .the other being mean-while open, we reproduce the effects predicted by Helmholtzand shown by his curve. The great nicety of…
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