On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Lex van Sante wrote: > String also collide when they or one of them in a course are false. > To know if they are false look at the way they vibrate when plucked. > This technique was well known amongst players of old. I think it was Dowland > (translating instructions of Besard) who considers it too well known to go > into it in detail. > Only one false string is enough for a pair to collide because they will > vibrate out of phase.
In fact, I thought I observed this as a single string which dented because of fret wear and collided with a fret. I do not see it happen now, but does not mean that it's not. Peter. the next auto-quote is: The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife -- a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. (Woody Allen) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
