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Sound box

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it produces. The air inside the chamber has its own resonances, and these interact with the resonances of the body, altering the resonances of the instrument as a whole. The sound box typically adds
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enclosure. However, in these cases the box resonance is carefully tuned so as to make the sound more equal across frequencies, rather than to impart a particular character to the reinforced sound.
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Springer Publications, 2007, p. 582 "The use of a resonant air cavity to boost the low-frequency response has been a common feature of almost every stringed instrument from ancient times."
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which modifies the sound of the instrument, and helps transfer that sound to the surrounding air. Objects respond more strongly to vibrations at certain frequencies, known as
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have at least one open end of the sound box covered with animal skin (or a skin-like acrylic material). Open back banjos are normally used for
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are also mounted on a sound box to enhance their output, particularly bass speakers. One notable example of this arrangement is called the
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The distinctive sound of an instrument with a sound box owes a lot to the alteration made to the
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Sounding box

classical guitar
musical instrument
resonances
tone quality
resonances
frequency response
tone
string instruments
solid body
electric guitar
electric violin
piano
sound board
banjo
erhu
clawhammer
bluegrass
loudspeakers
bass reflex
Acoustic guitar
Basic physics of the violin
Filter (signal processing)
Frequency response
Resonance chamber
Springer Handbook of Acoustics.
Medieval and Tudor string instruments
Stub icon
string instruments

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