Guitar Acoustics – then and now Seminar
- Time:
- 16:00
- Date:
- 2 February 2016
- Venue:
- 13/3017
Event details
ISVR seminar
Abstract
Research on classical guitars at Cardiff has centred on trying to understand the basic physics of sound production and deriving quantitative relationships between the construction of instruments and their perceived tone and playing qualities. This talk will take a retrospective look at theoretical and practical studies of stringed musical instruments teasing out the more fruitful aspects of this work and conclude with some recent measurements of sound fields and input-output efficiency of the instrument.
Speaker information
Bernard E Richardson, Cardiff University . Dr Bernard Richardson is a Reader in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University. He has been studying and teaching musical acoustics for almost forty year, his interest being sparked by practical music making and musical-instrument making. He has given many invited papers at conferences and learned societies, including a Royal Institution Friday Evening Discourse and he is a former Kelvin Lecturer of the British Association.