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  • resonance of stringed instruments

    TITLE: sound: The Helmholtz resonator
    SECTION: The Helmholtz resonator
    The air cavity of a string instrument, such as the violin or guitar, functions acoustically as a Helmholtz-type resonator, reinforcing frequencies near the bottom of the instrument’s range and thereby giving the tone of the instrument more strength in its low range. The acoustic band-pass filter shown in Figure 3D uses a Helmholtz resonator to absorb a band of frequencies from the sound wave...