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Vibrational characteristics of Balinese gamelan metallophones

2010; Acoustical Society of America; Volume: 127; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1121/1.3397234

1520-9024

Molly E. Jones, Kent L. Gee, Jeremy Grimshaw,

Music and Audio Processing

A study of the eight metallophone pairs from a Balinese gamelan semara dana has been conducted. Acoustical recordings of metallophone bars being struck were used to examine ratios of overtone frequencies to the fundamental. Results showed large variability in the number and ratios of overtones present. Scanning laser Doppler vibrometry measurements made on several bars also revealed great variability in mode shapes present. The distribution of prominent overtones and their modal shapes do not appear to match those of Western metallophones. Notably, the overall gamelan metallophone characteristics are quite dissimilar to the glockenspiel, which disagrees with previous studies.