Overview
- Describes in detail the acoustic characteristics of the tanpura using modern technology
- Investigates various components of the tanpura used for manufacturing and their electron microscopic analysis
- Establishes a relationship between human cognitive assessment and acoustic parameters
Part of the book series: Signals and Communication Technology (SCT)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book addresses the acoustic signal analysis and spectral dynamics of the tanpura, an Indian plucked string instrument. In addition, it strives to provide a logical and objective explanation of Indian classical musicians’ cognitive experience. Issues of relevance in this regard include the rich, mellifluous sound; the undulation of the loudness; the somewhat cyclical variation of the timbre, which is strongly related to these undulations; and the occasional perception of virtual notes to which no strings are tuned.
The book analyses the materials used in the tanpura, the instrument’s simple structure, the intricacies of the lower bridge, and the theory of string vibration with variable string length. Cognitive experiments to provide the basis for perceptual quality assessment, as well as a methodology for ranking, are described. This is followed by acoustic analyses, both temporal and spectral, for sounds produced by male and female tanpuras, for each individual string and the combined one. An important aspect related to the naturalness of perceived sound, namely the intrinsically associated random perturbations, is also discussed. The apparent irregularities perceived in the acoustic signal produced by the tanpura reveal the importance of examining the signal from the perspective of non-linear analysis, an aspect that is also covered in the book.
Given its scope, the book will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of music acoustics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science, as well as musicians and musicologists around the world.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura
Book Subtitle: Indian Plucked String Instrument
Authors: Asoke Kumar Datta, Ranjan Sengupta, Kaushik Banerjee, Dipak Ghosh
Series Title: Signals and Communication Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2610-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2609-7Published: 11 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4796-2Published: 15 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2610-3Published: 01 October 2018
Series ISSN: 1860-4862
Series E-ISSN: 1860-4870
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 152
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Acoustics, Mathematics in Music, Engineering Acoustics