Effective Directivity Pattern of a Violin Played by a Standing Performer
John B. Crabtree, B. G. Watters · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1967
The directivity pattern of a violin played by a standing performer has been measured. The instrument was played throughout its frequency range and on each of its strings, and data were taken for a number of directions of radiation. The levels were averaged over third-octave bands. The effective directivity pattern measured in this way can be understood in terms of a substantially nondirective source that is acoustically shielded by the body, head, and arms of the performing violinist.