On using the Stroboconn
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Abstract
- Abstract
- Though most research workers are nowadays familiar with the Stroboconn, it is time that an assessment should be made of the best way of using it in the field of African music. For the benefit of the uninitiated, we start with a brief description. The Stroboconn is an apparatus for measuring the pitch of notes, either sung or played: this it does to an accuracy of one hundredth of a semitone (= 1 cent). It consists of twelve stroboscopes, one for each semitone of an octave tuned in equal temperament, that is, our western chromatic scale, with a basic pitch of A = 440 v.p.s.
Description
- Description
- pages: 122-124
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Jones, A. M.
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- Is Part Of
- SOAS University of London
Origins & context
- Title
- On using the Stroboconn
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Current Location
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Rhodes University
- Created Date
- August 5, 1970
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-019d
- Identifier
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1687
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