A concise overview of present knowledge of bowed-string gestures and their acoustical consequences
Knut Guettler · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2008
During the few years of our young millennium the picture of what happens acoustically when the bow is drawn across the string has become considerably more complete. A few surprises emerged along the way: the bow's position on the string does not seem to influence the spectral envelope-and different from what Schelleng predicted-there seems to be no clear correlation between minimum bow force and the bow speed. The intention of this presentation is to give a brief survey of related studies and their results, as well as pointing out some of the blank spots still remaining on the canvas.