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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
Online Content
Details
Subject(s)
Politzer, David
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Banjo
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Acoustics
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Banjo
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Construction
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Physics
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Music
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Acoustics and physics
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Interviewee
Politzer, David
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Interviewer
Burton, Howard, 1965-
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Director
Burton, Howard, 1965-
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Editor of moving image work
Thubro, Rowan D.
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Composer
Mulholland, Luke
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Publisher
Open Agenda Publishing
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Video recordings
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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.
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Other title(s)
Ideas Roadshow.
OCLC
987993446
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