The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived pitch of string vibrato tones. The authors used recordings of acoustic instruments (cello and violin) to provide both vibrato stimulus tones ...

Luwei Yang on an erhu at a C4DM concert. Credit: Elaine Chew What makes Pablo Casals’ playing so wonderful? Why does sound produced on an erhu—a two-stringed chinese fiddle—differ from a cello? As a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. There goes the Disney Hall stage. Sunday night, as the grand finale of ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate possible influences of pitch register and dynamic level on vibrato rates and widths of university and high school violin and viola players. Analysis showed ...