The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started: Difference between revisions

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The Ekdahl FAR should come calibrated to a standard set of parameters but even so, due to its acoustic nature, minor periodic maintenance is required. Most notably the instrument will have to be regularly fine tuned in order for the bowing of specific overtones to sound good, an out of tune instrument will not resonate.

The main ways of creating sound is by using the bowing wheel to precisely bow the string with a given speed, the speed of the bowing wheel determines which - if any - naturally occurring overtone(s) in the string is being emphasized. The pressure with which the bowing wheel is pressed up against the string will affect both loudness and harmonic content. using the hammer to strike the string with a given force, the amount of force will affect both loudness and harmonic content

The main ways of creating sound is by using the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] to precisely bow the string with a given speed, the speed of the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] determines which - if any - naturally occurring overtone(s) in the string is being emphasized. The [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#pressure|pressure]] with which the bowing wheel is pressed up against the string will affect both loudness and harmonic content. using the hammer to strike the string with a given force, the amount of force will affect both loudness and harmonic content. These modes can either be used separately or together.

These modes can either be used separately or together.

There is also a mute that can be set to either being completely disengage from the string, freely do partial muting to suppress or exaggerate certain overtones, or to do full muting of the string.

The overtone(s) to be emphasized are selected by the harmonic ~~numbers~~ where harmonic 0 is the fundamental frequency of the string and all overtones are being calculated from this fundamental using the selected harmonic table. The default harmonic table is using just intonation in a 12-tone scale, thus harmonic 12 will be one octave above the fundamental, harmonic -12 will be on octave below etc. The effective range, resonance and sound of harmonics available depends on the string tuning and the physical maximum and minimum speed of the bowing motor.

The overtone(s) to be emphasized are selected by the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]]<nowiki/>s where harmonic 0 is the fundamental frequency of the string and all overtones are being calculated from this fundamental using the selected [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic table|harmonic table]]. The default [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic table|harmonic table]] is using just intonation in a 12-tone scale, thus harmonic 12 will be one octave above the fundamental, harmonic -12 will be on octave below etc. The effective range, resonance and sound of harmonics available depends on the string tuning and the physical maximum and minimum speed of the bowing motor.

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 The Ekdahl FAR should come calibrated to a standard set of parameters but even so, due to its acoustic nature, minor periodic maintenance is required. Most notably the instrument will have to be regularly fine tuned in order for the bowing of specific overtones to sound good, an out of tune instrument will not resonate.
-The main ways of creating sound is by using the bowing wheel to precisely bow the string with a given speed, the speed of the bowing wheel determines which - if any - naturally occurring overtone(s) in the string is being emphasized. The pressure with which the bowing wheel is pressed up against the string will affect both loudness and harmonic content. using the hammer to strike the string with a given force, the amount of force will affect both loudness and harmonic content
+The main ways of creating sound is by using the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] to precisely bow the string with a given speed, the speed of the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] determines which - if any - naturally occurring overtone(s) in the string is being emphasized. The [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#pressure|pressure]] with which the bowing wheel is pressed up against the string will affect both loudness and harmonic content. using the hammer to strike the string with a given force, the amount of force will affect both loudness and harmonic content. These modes can either be used separately or together.
-These modes can either be used separately or together.
 There is also a mute that can be set to either being completely disengage from the string, freely do partial muting to suppress or exaggerate certain overtones, or to do full muting of the string.
-The overtone(s) to be emphasized are selected by the harmonic numbers where harmonic 0 is the fundamental frequency of the string and all overtones are being calculated from this fundamental using the selected harmonic table. The default harmonic table is using just intonation in a 12-tone scale, thus harmonic 12 will be one octave above the fundamental, harmonic -12 will be on octave below etc. The effective range, resonance and sound of harmonics available depends on the string tuning and the physical maximum and minimum speed of the bowing motor.
+The overtone(s) to be emphasized are selected by the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]]<nowiki/>s where harmonic 0 is the fundamental frequency of the string and all overtones are being calculated from this fundamental using the selected [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic table|harmonic table]]. The default [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic table|harmonic table]] is using just intonation in a 12-tone scale, thus harmonic 12 will be one octave above the fundamental, harmonic -12 will be on octave below etc. The effective range, resonance and sound of harmonics available depends on the string tuning and the physical maximum and minimum speed of the bowing motor.
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