VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: String Vibration, Sympathetic String, Richard Strauss
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Vpma93 lecture 2 the timbre of instruments. Zither an instrument in which the strings run the length of the body. Drone a continuous sound on one or more fixed pitches. Sympathetic string a string that is not normally played upon directly but that is set in motion by the acoustical phenomenon of resonance. Sitar a long-necked string instrument with a wide fingerboard with movable frets, a gourd-shaped body and resonator, 7 principal strings (4 melody and 3 drones) and 12-20 sympathetic strings. Pizzicato the strings are plucked with the finger rather than bowed. Richard strauss, don quixote, variation ii (1897) ( the victorious struggle against the army of the great emperor alifanfaron ) 0:00 don quixote"s theme (sancho panza"s theme joins in at 0:11) 0:21 our heroes encounter a flock of sheep. The flock slowly moves and the sounds of the sheep grow louder as the don and sancho draw near.
