Wolf tone
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title:
Wolf tone
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A wolf tone, or simply a "wolf", is an undesirable phenomenon that occurs in some bowed-string instruments, most famously in the cello. It happens when the pitch of the played note is close to a particularly strong natural resonant frequency of the body of the musical instrument. A wolf tone is hard for the player to control: instead of a solid tone it tends to produce a thin “surface” sound, sometimes jumping to the octave of the intended note. In extreme cases, a “stuttering” or “warbling” sou
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_tone
date created:
2004-09-25T19:42:05Z
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2024-09-02T13:25:51Z
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