String Sounds (1968)
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Year Published: 1968
Creator: Churchill Films
Description: Discusses the principles of sound production in string instruments, highlighting how the tension and length of strings affect pitch. Tighter and shorter strings produce higher sounds, while longer strings create lower sounds. The interaction between the strings and surrounding materials, such as walls or wooden boxes, can amplify sound. The text also touches on the need for tuning due to loosening from play and mentions various cultural string instruments, such as the Japanese koto and the Indian sitar, emphasizing the unique sounds of each. Additionally, it briefly references American mountain music and the collaborative nature of playing stringed instruments.
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[music] [music] [music] The found. >> The tighter you stretch a string, the higher the sound. Short strings also make high sounds. Can you think of a way of making these sounds louder? >> Just put it up there. I get a better not up here. >> Let's try out here. >> Let's try it away from the wall. All right. Not This sounds a little bit dull. >> Louder. It's definitely louder. >> The sound is louder because the vibration of the strings makes the wall vibrate too. >> Put a thing right there. And then you know when you pulling it >> and then you put a back on the back there [music] you know you got some >> strings are usually attached to some kind of a wooden box to make a louder and richer found. [music] [music] [music] [music] Long strings like these vibrate slowly, making low sounds. Would you know how to get a high sound from this string? Shorten the string [music] and it vibrates faster. [music] [music] While one hand sets the strings in motion, this hand makes the strings shorter. [music] [music] [music] >> [music] >> When you want [music] to make strings vibrate for a longer time, you use a bowl. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Playing on strings loosens them so that every now and then they have to be tuned or tightened [music] again. A string quartet plays stringed [music] instruments of different sizes. Listen to the difference in the sounds they make. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Each country has its own special string sounds. This music from Japan is played on a Cotto [music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Yummy. >> [music] >> Listen to the difference between these Cotto sounds and the sounds of a satar from India. >> [music] >> You okay? [music] [music] Heat. [music] Hey, Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Hey. [music] Hey. Hey. I feel [music] [music] [music] hey. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Each country's instruments have their own special sounds. >> Okay, wait a minute. Let me show you the guitar part I worked out for that. These are the string sounds of American mountain music [music] there. >> That's a nice picking group. Let me show the guitar part I worked out for that. >> All right. All right. >> [music] >> Nice. [music] All right. See you soon. I worked up the rabbit. [music] Yeehoo day. >> [music] [music] >> That's real good. >> That's ML real instead. >> Different real. >> No, [music] you do that one day. >> What? ML. Okay. And the Lord help us to get right. [music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Woohoo! Hang on, man. [music] Good morning. That was good. >> That was nice.
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