Self-study for Quiz 9 on March 25th.
1 The fundamental frequency of a sung note depends on:
2 A tall heavily-built man sings the same note as a much shorter, slightly-built woman. Even if they sing a note at the same pitch, the two voices still sound radically different, primarily because of:
3 The bell of a brass instrument behaves as
4 and thus:
5 A bass drummer aims to excite the (0,1) mode of the drum membrane. A timpanist aims to excite the (1,1) mode of the drum membrane. Where on the drum should each player strike the instrument? (See http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Music/cirmem.html).