Well, I kinda agree with you there Ken. But a flat back is a viol and a roundback is violin. Each type has a characteristic timbre regardless of the shape of the instrument. Psychoacoustics and playing style also have an effect on the sound of a given instrument but the mental exercises transfer to reality. For example ask yourself what if this bass had that back or what if this roundback bass had a flat back? Armed with all of the available knowledge we have, as well as tradition and a good ear, the puzzle comes together.
In other words expected results are born from understanding.
Attached is Andrew Brown's double bass dissertation in pdf.
Last edited by Ken McKay; 09-12-2009 at 12:06 AM.
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09-10-2009, 03:33 PM
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