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  • frb5023 8:29 pm on December 11, 2014 Permalink |  

    I have been very interested in the vinyl format for a year or two now. In class, we talked about the differences analog and digital formats. This is a video that looks at the advantages and disadvantages of those formats as a play back mechanism as well as a way of recording. Recording a sound using an analog method (tape) will give a much different result than a digital method (computer software). It is a similar effect if you are listening to an analog format like tape or vinyl versus a digital format like mp3.

     

  • frb5023 6:25 pm on November 13, 2014 Permalink |  

    Major vs. Minor Scales, intervals, and the circle of fifths 

    This is a video of a renowned guitarist named Guthrie Govan. I thought this would be an appropriate video because he touches on and demonstrates all the points we discussed in class today. He starts off talking about the major and minor scales what and intervals and notes sound the best with the chords being played. He knows all of the right notes to play based on the circle of fifths we briefly talked about today.

     

  • frb5023 11:19 pm on October 2, 2014 Permalink |  

    Octaves in guitar 

    This is a song that utilizes a guitar pedal that is called the Whammy. The Whammy is a pedal that you can plug into that will shift the pitch of your guitar up or down. I have had one for close to a year now and love messing around with it. You don’t have to watch the whole thing. He starts to use it at 55 seconds into the video. The pedal is shifting the guitar’s pitch up to one whole octave.

     

    • Joseph Edward Hutchinson 12:20 am on October 3, 2014 Permalink

      I also like the chorus effect for guitar. It takes the pitch you play plus other pitches that are a certain interval away and oscilates between them. The number of pitches and the intervals between them depend on the pedal. It gives the guitar a very dreamy sound.

  • frb5023 12:43 pm on September 11, 2014 Permalink |  

    Guitar Oscillations 

    Here is a video of what guitar strings look like slowed down. You can see the thicker strings vibrating more, looking exactly like sine waves. This directly correlates to what we were talking about Thursday in class. Some of the other variables that deal with these wavelengths is the tension he puts on his strings and also the pressure with which he plucks or strikes the strings will influence the amplitude of the wave.

     

    • Hannah Rae Corbin 4:22 pm on September 11, 2014 Permalink

      This is pretty awesome. It’s amazing to be able to actually see the sine waves. You can see everything here- amplitude, frequency, and even echo, because you can see the waves reversing. I have dabbled in guitar myself, and to see the actual vibrations of the strings compared to feeling them on your fingertips- that is something extraordinary.

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