Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura Indian Plucked String Instrument

This book addresses the acoustic signal analysis and spectral dynamics of the tanpura, an Indian plucked string instrument. In addition, it strives to provide a logical and objective explanation of Indian classical musicians’ cognitive experience. Issues of relevance in this regard include the rich,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Datta, Asoke Kumar, Sengupta, Ranjan (Author), Banerjee, Kaushik (Author), Ghosh, Dipak (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Signals and Communication Technology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Making of Tanpura with all its components, tuning and playing
  • Objective research done so far on Tanpura
  • Physical and Mechanical properties of components of Tanpura
  • Perceptual and Quantitative Evaluation of Tanpura from its sound
  • Acoustic analysis of Tanpura signals
  • Perception of Virtual Notes while Tanpura playing
  • Jitter, Shimmer and Complexity Perturbation Analysis
  • Evaluation of musical quality of Tanpura by Non linear analysis