The physics of banjos. Part I : a conversation with David Politzer / Open Agenda Publishing.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • [Toronto, Ontario] : Open Agenda Publishing, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
1 streaming video file (52 min., 6 sec.)

Availability

Available Online

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Series
Ideas Roadshow
Summary note
David Politzer (Caltech) describes some of the intriguing aspects associated with the physics of banjos, including the ocarina effect, string-stretching, and the subtleties of how we hear pitch.
Notes
Includes MP3 podcast of conversation.
Creation/​Production credits
Director, Howard Burton ; editor, Rowan D. Thubro ; music, Luke Mulholland.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Host, Howard Burton.
Language note
Closed captioned.
Contents
  • Love at first sound
  • Too much theory
  • Playing
  • Towards quantifying the banjo sound
  • Getting scientific
  • One mystery solved : the ocarina effect
  • How we hear
  • Break angles and string stretching.
Other title(s)
Ideas Roadshow.
OCLC
987993446
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