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The Caribbean Steelpan and some Offsprings. Mode Studies on some families of “Steel” Instruments. Uwe J. Hansen Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Thomas D. Rossing Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL. Note layout for a lead tenor pan by “PanArt”.
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The Caribbean Steelpanand some Offsprings Mode Studies on some families of “Steel” Instruments
Uwe J. Hansen • Indiana State University • Terre Haute, IN • Thomas D. Rossing • Northern Illinois University • DeKalb, IL
The lowest three partials of a G3 note section189.9Hz 391.9Hz 583.8Hz
Mode coupling inG5(small), G4(lower left), and C4(upper left) note sections
Second mode of a D4 note sectiondriven with increasing amplitude from top left to bottom right: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A
Ping C4 Note sectionModes (0,0) 262.2 Hz; (0,1) 519.2 Hz; (1,0) 773.4 Hz
2 (1,1) modes at 2004 Hz left, and 2066 Hz rightand 2 higher modes at 3725 Hz left and 3904 Hz rightC4 note section of ping