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Encyclopedia Britannica



PHONOGRAPH

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 177 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PER-PIG
PHONOGRAPH .)
The following is an instructive
analysis
  by Boeke - of the curves representing the tones of a cornet, and it illustrates the
laws
  that govern the production of quality in such an
instrument
 :
Note . I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 To Partials. J =170 vibs. . I I.05 1'22 1'15 I-01 0.80 0.53 0.28 0.13 0.10
C' =256 ,. 1 0.92 o.81 0.53 0 39 0.20 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.04
g' =384 . I 0.76 0.46 0.14 0.09 0.06 0'07 0.22 001 0.01
C =512 . 1 0'92 0.30 0.14 0.15 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.02 These figures represent the relative intensities of the partials enter-
ing into the formation of the note, and it will be observed that the intensity gradually diminishes. This
analysis
  may be contrasted with that of the vowel dd sung by Boeke (act. 5o) on the notes f and. c', and the same vowel sung on the notes g' and e by his son (aet. I2).
Man, act. 5o, singing dd.
Pitch . I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Partials. f =170.6 vibs. I o86 0.46 1'74 1'90 1'55 051 0'54 0'43 0'44
C'=256 I 0'49 1'96 1.25 o.6o 0.56 0.23 0.05 0.06 see
Boy, act. 12, singing dd. -
Pitch . I 2 3 5 6 Partials. g' =384 vibs. . I 1'22 2.67 0'45 0'17 0'06
e' =640 ,, . I 8.09 1.45 0'53 .. ..
It will be observed that in both these cases the intensity of the partials does not fade away gradually as we proceed from the lower to the higher partials, as with the cornet, but that certain partials are intensified more than others, namely, those printed in black. In other words, the form of the resonating cavity develops particular partials, and these modify the quality of the tone. If we multiply the vibrational number of the fundamental tone by the number of the partial we obtain the pitch of the resonance cavity; or if we take the mean of the
partials reinforced we obtain the pitch of the mean resonance.
Lloyd
  applies this method to the foregoing figures as follows:
P artials. Mean Pitch in
Reinforced. Partial. Complete
Vibration.
Man's aa. 4-6 4.96 846
f =170.6 vibs.
c' =256 3-4 3'39 868
Boy's dd. 2-4 2.82 1084
g' =384 vibs.
c=64o 1-3 2.04 1307
This analysis shows: (1) that the man's resonance rises slightly (half-semitone) in ascending seven semitones in the middle of his
register
 ; (2) that the boy's resonance rises three semitones in ascending nine semitones in the upper half of his
register
 ; and (3) in the mid-register the boy's resonance is to the man's as 5:4. Thus, as we sing a vowel in an ascending scale the pitch of the oral cavity slightly changes, or, in other words, the pitch of the resonating cavity for a given vowel may be slightly altered.
It would appear that both theories are partially true; they are not mutually exclusive. The view of Donders that each vowel has an oral cavity of unchangeable and fixed pitch is too exclusive, and, on the other hand, it cannot be denied that each vowel has a predominant partial or predominant partials which give it a definite
character
 , and which must be produced by the oral cavity as a whole, or by the
double
  resonance of portions of the cavity, as suggested by
Lloyd
 . As we sing a vowel in an ascending scale the form of the resonance cavity may slightly
change
 , but not sufficiently to alter the quality of the vowel. Thus we still detect the vowel tone. A
singer
  almost instinctively chooses such vowels as best suit the resonating arrangements of his or her voice, and avoids vowels or words containing vowels that would lead to the production of notes of inferior quality.


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