audio spectroscopy and kids high school science project
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 6:03 pm
Hi there;
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. My daughter (grade 9 junior high school, age fourteen) is working up proposals for a science project. We both play flute and whistle, but her main instrument is fiddle, and one of the ideas we are playing with is comparing three bows on the same fiddle (wood, graphite, and fibreglass). The thought at this point is to fix the fiddle in place, and used notched wood saddles to establish a fixed plane for the bottom of the bow (the horsehair). Looking at effects on pitch, volume, differences in the spectra, whatever else we can think of. Maybe a subjective component also to do with tone. if she goes in this direction, we would be looking for software that is free, capable, and easy to use......her project, not mine.....reckon as I know very very little in this area I won't be able to take it over and become 'science project dad'. We just upgraded her bow a bit, and had to choose between materials, so we are interested in the topic anyway......she plays fiddle, but is also joining a local amateur orchestra this year where her teacher is concertmaster so she'll have to start thinking 'violin'.
Any recommendations for PC software along these lines? I've had a look and am overwhelmed, and would prefer this to be about focusing on the science rather than on evaluating a dozen software programs. Thanks for any info.
Edited to fix an unfinished sentence about a fixed plane for the bow.
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. My daughter (grade 9 junior high school, age fourteen) is working up proposals for a science project. We both play flute and whistle, but her main instrument is fiddle, and one of the ideas we are playing with is comparing three bows on the same fiddle (wood, graphite, and fibreglass). The thought at this point is to fix the fiddle in place, and used notched wood saddles to establish a fixed plane for the bottom of the bow (the horsehair). Looking at effects on pitch, volume, differences in the spectra, whatever else we can think of. Maybe a subjective component also to do with tone. if she goes in this direction, we would be looking for software that is free, capable, and easy to use......her project, not mine.....reckon as I know very very little in this area I won't be able to take it over and become 'science project dad'. We just upgraded her bow a bit, and had to choose between materials, so we are interested in the topic anyway......she plays fiddle, but is also joining a local amateur orchestra this year where her teacher is concertmaster so she'll have to start thinking 'violin'.
Any recommendations for PC software along these lines? I've had a look and am overwhelmed, and would prefer this to be about focusing on the science rather than on evaluating a dozen software programs. Thanks for any info.
Edited to fix an unfinished sentence about a fixed plane for the bow.