Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura Indian Plucked String Instrument /

• Main Authors: Datta, Asoke Kumar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sengupta, Ranjan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Banerjee, Kaushik (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ghosh, Dipak (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Signals and Communication Technology,
• Subjects: Signal processing.; Image processing.; Speech processing systems.; Acoustics.; Mathematics.; Acoustical engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Mathematics in Music.; Engineering Acoustics.

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...

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.