> Duarte says, however, that a string should be plucked in such a way that > it > vibrates as much as possible parallel to the sound board of the instrument
Did he say so, funny, because he criticised Sor for saying just the same thing. He added: "people can do the right thing while believing they're doing something different", or something in that vein. PP In my simplified way of looking at the physics' > world I should think the sound board must vibrate as much as possibe. Up > and > down that is. So if we give up and down energy to the string, the string > will impart that to the sound board. That's where a bridge on which the > strings rests (guitar) comes into play: a string 'bouning' on a bridge > will > give more energy to the sound board than a string 'sliding' on that bridge > . > But what do I know about physics? Perhaps a plucked string will very > quickly > vibrate in all directions alike, so it doesn't matter in what direction we > pluck it initially? Or perhaps the sound board wants to flex in all > directions, not just up and down? So hence my question. > > David > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
