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Prof. Dr. Dirk SchiebornLecture Mathematics 2 for Industrial Engineering · Reutlingen University
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Why does a violin sound like a violin?

Why does an A sound different on a violin, a flute, a clarinet or a guitar? The answer is Fourier analysis. Seven short interactive episodes from the lecture: pause, ask, try it yourself.

7 episodes · 20 minutes in total

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  1. 2:39Episode 1 · 2:39Why does a violin sound like a violin?What makes a violin different from a flute?
  2. 2:57Episode 2 · 2:57A radio made of mathematicsHow do you pick a single frequency out of a sound?
  3. 2:30Episode 3 · 2:30Why one radio is not enoughWhy does a radio go silent although the station is loud?
  4. 3:19Episode 4 · 3:19The recipeHow loud is the n-th overtone?
  5. 2:44Episode 5 · 2:44Why the clarinet sounds hollowWhy does a clarinet sound hollow?
  6. 2:33Episode 6 · 2:33Where the series stumblesWhat does a Fourier series do at an edge?
  7. 3:09Episode 7 · 3:09Where you pluck shapes the soundWhy does the same string sound soft one time and twangy the next?