3aAA2. Modes of vibration and directivity of percussion instruments.

Session: Wednesday Morning, May 15

Time: 8:30


Author: Thomas D. Rossing
Location: Phys. Dept., Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL 60115

Abstract:

Musical instruments in the percussion family radiate sound from many normal modes of vibration. These modes have distinctly different radiation patterns, resulting in a sound field that varies markedly with frequency and with time. Some of the modes of vibration and the resulting radiation patterns obtained from a representative number of percussion instruments, including bells, various types of drums, and cymbals, are described.


from ASA 131st Meeting, Indianapolis, May 1996