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Are you sure the instrument isn't simply detuning? :) Honestly, your theory would predict the exact opposite fact. If the wood got more tight when the instrumen
by lolcraft 17y ago
Are you sure the instrument isn't simply detuning? :)
Honestly, your theory would predict the exact opposite fact. If the wood got more tight when the instrument is left alone its brightness would increase, not decrease.
But what's the point of theorizing when musicians would rather rationalize their beliefs than doing a simple experiment?
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoDo you really think professional musicians wouldn't retune an instrument before trying it out? I'm not sure my theory would predict that the instrument would get brighter. Violin dynamics are very, very complicated, and just because the wood is tighter, it doesn't always make it "brighter." There may, for example, be higher frequencies, but they may not be excited by as much, and hence might not have the same volume. I've now spoken with several professional and near professional musicians who all say pretty much exactly the same thing. My wife, who was once a competent amateur, says it's completely obvious. Finally, the experiment is absolutely not simple, as has been commented on in several other comments.
- primo_violino 17y agoby detuning do you mean in terms or pitch or in terms of something else? any player normally tunes the instrument's pitch before playing, so this won't make a difference in terms of sleeping.