Re: violin question
From: FrediFizzx (fredifizzx_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/27/04
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:36:58 -0700
"Andrew E. Smyth" <Rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
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| Why don't two violins in the orchestra, each playing middle "C",
| produce sound waves that interfere with each other? That is, why does
| it sound like the troughs and peaks of the sound waves from each
| violin are reinforcing each other, when it's more likely they are
| interfering, or not in sync? Shouldn't two violins sound sporatic,
| and a whole string sections sound just like white noise?
It is a positional thing. Think two ears. If you tightly cover one ear,
you might be able to find spots where the sound cancels out. But the whole
idea is for the orchestra to play "in sync". Also, sound waves are very
complex that are produced from a violin. If you take a pure sine wave of
about 400 Hz and send it to two speakers, you will be able to find spots
where they tend to cancel out even with two ears.
FrediFizzx
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