Bound by the Sound

Joseph Nagyvary, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Texas A&M University proposed a theory 30 years ago saying that chemicals had some acoustic effect. Recently a study by Nagyvary teamed with collaborators Joseph DiVerdi of Colorado State University and Noel Owen of Brigham Young University have discovered that chemicals used to treat the wood used in Stradivarius and Guarneri violins are the reasons for the distinct sound produced by the world-famous instruments.

It was found that these two famous makers intended to protect their violins from the attack of insects and in order to preserve them they treated the wood with aggressive chemicals. This procedure was an accidental invention, which lead them to create violins that produced unique sound.

There are only about 600 Stradivarius violins remaining and they are valued at up to $5 million each. Nagyvary and his team are still conducting experiments to discover those chemicals and are looking for some precious wood samples of these masterpieces. Such a discovery will shape a new innovative technique to create better violins and also a way to preserve these instruments.

Via: sciencedaily

Have you ever thought what life would be like without music and sound? Music is one of the best means to relax your brain from strain and tension. It is much better when you play some thing your self on this lapbeat.

The instrument has a shape similar to a mushroom and is very comfortable to play while you are in any position. It has an inbuilt speaker, a sliding control panel, a connecting compartment and most important a hardware attaching port. The shape supports the sound waves as By installing built-in speakers at the bottom and v-drum (advanced electronic MIDI drum trigger) technology into the touch pads, the quality of the sound is made deeper and richer.

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Taking my guitar lessons was one of the toughest ventures of my life, for I used to falter many a times and get entangled between different strings in search for the musical beats.

What would you say about Rodney Branigan who plays two guitars simultaneously? All I can utter is that he is just an amazing musician. Because I know what it takes to master even a single guitar, and to play two guitars at the same time and that too with good organization is just unbelievable. Hats off to Rodney Branigan!

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