Janakiram, VL and Yegnarayana, B (1977) Temporal variation of tonal spectrum of tambura. In: Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 62 (S1). S43-S43.
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Tambura is an essential drone accompaniment used in Indian music concerts. It acts as an immediate reference of pitch for both the artists and listeners. The four strings of Tambura are tuned to the frequency ratio :1:1: . Careful listening to Tambura sound reveals that the tonal spectrum is not stationary but is time varying. The object of this study is to make a detailed spectrum analysis to find out the nature of temporal variation of the tonal spectrum of Tambura sound. Results of the analysis are correlated with perceptual evaluation conducted in a controlled acoustic environment. A significant result of this study is to demonstrate the presence of several notes which are normally not noticed even by a professional artist. The effect of bridge in Tambura in producing the so called “live tone” is explained through time and frequency parameters of Tambura sounds.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Publication: | Journal of Acoustical Society of America |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2010 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2012 04:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24181 |
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