WO1993018503A1 - A musical percussion instrument - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to percussion instruments. More particularly, it concerns a musical percussion instrument containing a series of elongate, non-colinear, integrally formed sections which, when one section is struck with a mallet or beater, emits a musically pleasant sound.
- the quality of the emitted sound varies according to the nature of the mallet (soft or hard) and the way in which the instrument is struck. When struck with a hard beater or mallet, the instrument emits a bell-like sound containing partial tones in nearly harmonic relationship.
- the closest prior art to the present invention is the musical instrument commonly known as the "orchestral triangle” or the "percussion triangle".
- the traditional orchestral triangle produces a characteristic "triangle" sound of indefinite pitch.
- the triangle is not tuned to provide an harmonious sound.
- the relation between the mode frequencies of a percussion triangle could be varied to some extent by changing the base angles and corner curvatures of the triangle, the extent of such tuning is quite limited. It is possible to design a triangle having a nominal pitch fixed by its overall size, so as to bring two other mode frequencies into harmonic relation with this nominal pitch. However, the remaining inharmonic partials in such a "tuned" triangle are significantly prominent, and this is regarded by musicians as a limitation to the usefulness of the triangle. Disclosure of the Invention
- a musical percussion instrument comprising a length or piece of metal or other suitable material (for example, a ceramic material) which is formed into a shape of more than three sections which, when one section is struck, will emit a sound having a frequency spectrum which is musically concordant.
- the sections of metal or other material are formed into a shape that is substantially planar, and preferably the frequency spectrum of the emitted sound is such that at least the first five in-plane modes are substantially harmonically related.
- a percussion instrument comprising a plurality of more than three integrally formed elongate sections, said sections being substantially co-planar, non-colinear, and formed from a material which, at room temperature, is rigid and has vibrational properties such that, when one of the sections is struck with a mallet, the instrument emits a musically concordant sound.
- the instrument has five sections, which form a non-regular symmetrical shape.
- a particularly useful shape is one which is mirror symmetric about the centre point of the middle section, with its end sections of equal length, and with the intermediate sections, which are between the end sections and the central section, also of equal length.
- the present inventors have termed this structure a "pentangle" structure.
- the lengths of the sections are in the ratios 1.00 : 1.95 : 0.92 with two included angles of approximately 95° and the other two included angles being approximately 93°.
- the lengths of the sections of the pentangle are in the ratios 1.00 : 1.85 : 0.97 and the included angles are approximately 146° and 10°.
- the present invention also encompasses a percussion instrument which comprises an assembly or array of the individual instruments described above, each instrument in the assembly being tuned to a different pitch, to provide a desired musical scale.
- a two octave scale (comprising 25 individual instruments) could be provided and played like a xylophone.
- the instrument of the present invention may be associated with a sound radiator to increase the efficiency of the sound production.
- a radiator may be a resonant radiator or a non-resonant radiator, although it is preferred that a resonant radiator rather than a wide band, non-resonant radiator is used with an instrument comprising a single pentangle.
- Known radiator structures that may be used include tunable pipe or cavity (Helmholtz) resonators having a flexible diaphragm coupled to the instrument via a thin wire or cord. If the percussion instrument comprises an array of pentangles, a broad-band non-resonant soundboard backed by a cavity is preferred. Electronic amplification of the sound produced by instruments constructed in accordance with the present invention is also possible.
- Figure 1 illustrates a simplified pentangular shape which has been used as the starting point in the mathematical modelling of the preferred shapes of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a graph showing variation of the frequencies of the first few in-plane modes of an instrument constructed in accordance with the present invention, from a thin rod bent to form five sections.
- Figure 3 shows solution surfaces in a 3-dimensional configuration space, which is referred to in the explanation of the derivation of a suitable shape for the present invention.
- Figure 4 illustrates contours in the ⁇ , ⁇ subspace, which is also referred to in the explanation of the derivation of a suitable shape for the present invention.
- FIGS 5 and 6 illustrate the pentangular shapes of two instruments constructed in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 7 is a partly schematic illustration of an assembly of individual pentangular instruments, constructed- in accordance with the present invention.
- the present invention can be regarded as a significant improvement of the orchestral triangle, although used for a different musical purpose, (ii) the triangle is normally constructed by bending a metal rod, and (iii) it is expected that the present invention will also be constructed by bending a metal rod, the following description will be mainly directed to this construction technique.
- the sections of the integral body which constitutes the present inventive concept can be formed by casting a metal or a metal alloy, or by pressure moulding and firing a ceramic material.
- Casting techniques, and construction using a mechanically strong ceramic material having suitable vibrational properties are expensive when compared with the bending of a metal rod, but (a) they may enable possible problems associated with the choice of a radius of curvature for a bend in a rod to be avoided, and (b) top quality orchestral instruments are never inexpensive.
- the percussion instrument of the present invention is to be made from a ceramic material
- any suitable ceramic fabrication technique may be used. Most ceramic bodies, however, are constructed using the following steps:
- the green body is then fired to a temperature at which the ceramic material is sintered (during the early stages of the heating to the firing temperature, the fugitive binder is evaporated from the green body);
- the sintered ceramic body is allowed to cool to room temperature at a cooling rate which ensures that large cracks in the body are not created.
- the present inventors have mainly used mild steel rod having a diameter of 12.7 mm, with the length of rod in individual pentangles varying from about 0.5 m to 1.5 m. Mild steel rod is not expensive, is easily worked, and has appropriate vibrational properties as far as internal damping and the mechanical admittance of the finished article is concerned. It will be appreciated that other metals or metal alloys may be used. If the instrument is to be made by metal casting techniques, bronze is a particularly useful material.
- Figure 1 illustrates, in a simplified form, a pentangular shape formed by bending a thin rod.
- the independent dimensional parameters are (i) the lengths of the sections which make up the pentangle ( a l r a 2 and a 3 ) and (ii) the included angles between adjacent sections of the pentangle ( ⁇ and ).
- the dimensions of the metal rods used in the construction of the prototype instruments suggest that a thin-rod approximation is valid. (This is the usual approximation for the behaviour of beams that is implemented in finite-element packages. )
- the next assumption (simplification) made for the purpose of the mathematical modelling is that the instrument will be played using a hammer blow having a velocity only in the plane of the sections forming the pentangle.
- Equation (1) the wave number, given, from Equations (1) and (2), in terms of the angular frequency ⁇ by the relationship:
- Equation (2) which refers to a section of rod labelled by the subscript n, the quantities ⁇ n , ⁇ n , ⁇ n and ⁇ n are constants, the values of which are determined by the boundary conditions at the two ends of this section of rod.
- Equation (2) describes only displacements normal to the axis of the rod.
- the possibility of displacement parallel to the axis of the rod must be allowed.
- the symbol 6 n is used to denote a parallel displacement.
- Each 6 n is taken to be constant along the length of the relevant rod, which means that the possibility of longitudinal waves in the rod material is ignored. This is physically justified, since the frequencies of the normal modes associated with longitudinal waves are much higher than those of bending modes, and they are therefore outside the frequency range in which lie the modes to be tuned.
- Equation (2) The 20 equations are homogeneous, since no external forces are involved, and the necessary and sufficient condition that they have a real solution is that the determinant of the matrix of their coefficients should vanish. This determinant is complicated, for it will be seen from Equation (2) that the coefficients involve quantities such as cos ka and cosh ka.
- the present inventors used one of the computer programs published in the book by W H Press, B P Flannery, S A Teukolsky and W T Vetterling, entitled “Numerical Recipes" (Cambridge University Press, New York 1986, page 39), for evaluating a determinant once its elements are given numerical form, by choosing a value of k. The selected program was used to search for those values of k for which the determinant vanishes.
- Equation (3) was then be used, with values of the elastic constants inserted, to convert these k values to frequencies.
- a separate computer program to perform this operation was written. It gave the first 6 or 7 mode frequencies to good precision in only a few minutes on an AT-compatible microcomputer using Microsoft QuickBasic. The speed of this part of the analysis could have been further improved by first using algebraic manipulation to reduce the rank of the determinant. There was no problem about requiring extra constraints and eliminating rigid-body modes as there is in some implementations of the corresponding finite-element calculation.
- the sound can be listened to in two ways, known as holistic listening and analytical listening.
- holistic listening the perception is of a well-defined musical pitch and a characteristic musical timbre or tone-quality.
- analytical listening the perception is of the set of individual partials making up the sound.
- the relationship between the partials has to be such as to encourage holistic listening, and this is most readily achieved if the most prominent partials have frequencies in integral (harmonic), or nearly integral frequency relationship.
- Such a relationship can be written as a product of primes 2 n 3 B 5 B ... , where n, m, s ... are small positive or negative integers.
- the degree of accuracy of the required tuning is highest if only the factor 2 is involved (that is, when the tuning produces prominent partials in octaves).
- the degree of accuracy is fairly critical if both 2 and 3 occur (that is, the prominent partials are in fifths and fourths), and it is much less critical if 2, 3 and 5 occur, to include major and minor thirds.
- Tuning of intervals involving 7, or higher primes is very uncritical as far as consonance is concerned.
- the exact sequence of partial tones in the sound, and their relative strengths, has a great bearing on the sound quality, as does also the strength and general frequency distribution of the untuned higher partials which, generally, are not heard analytically.
- Table 1 sets out the harmonic (or "just") frequency ratios for the musical pitches of concern in tuning the pentangle instrument illustrated in Figure 1.
- the aim is to tune at least four prominent partials into small-integer ratios with the particular partial tone - generally the strongest low partial - that is taken as the nominal pitch of the bell. If the aim is to produce a sound like a church bell, then it is also highly desirable to include a minor-third interval (6:5 or one of its octaves) relative to this nominal.
- A is a constant depending upon the density of the rod material and its Young's modulus.
- the frequencies of the modes thus have ratios close to a sequence which can be most helpfully written 0.36 : 1.00 : 1.96 : 2.56 : 3.24 :
- the lowest frequency is well removed from the others and is not radiated very efficiently, so that it is logical to take the frequency of the second mode as defining the nominal pitch. From Figure 2 it can be seen that the lowest mode of a bent rod is similarly isolated in relative frequency from the upper modes, so that the same nominal pitch assignment may be adopted for the instrument of the present invention.
- the second mode is also generally taken as defining the pitch of a church bell, the first mode being called the "hum" or undertone.
- the next step in the selection of a tuned configuration of a pentangle is to explore the 4-dimensional parameter space ⁇ R 21 , R 31 , ⁇ , ⁇ and find configurations for which the frequency ratios, relative to the second mode as nominal, have the required simple form.
- This task is potentially very extensive numerically, but it can be simplified greatly by proceeding one mode at a time and by adding parameters one at a time, as follows.
- the sub-nominal first mode frequency is of little importance, since a sound resonator (radiator) coupled with the instrument can be tuned to the second mode and will then radiate little at this lower frequency. This sub-nominal frequency, therefore, can be neglected and only the higher mode frequencies relative to mode 1 considered.
- the side-length ratios R 21 and R 31 allows numerical exploration of the 2-parameter ⁇ , ⁇ configuration space by computing mode frequencies over a grid of about 5 x 5 points and drawing ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) contours along which the required harmonic frequency relationships are met.
- the base plane of the 3-dimensional configuration space shown in Figure 3 is an example of such contours for modes 3 and 4 at acceptable frequency ratios such as 2:1 or 3:1 relative to mode 2. If a solution to the tuning problem exists, then these two contours must cross at a point A within the accessible ⁇ , ⁇ space.
- phase space may now be extended to three dimensions by calculating a similar set of acceptable ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) contours for additional values of one of the remaining parameters - for example, R 21 .
- This allows surfaces in the 3-dimensional ⁇ , ⁇ , R 21 ⁇ space to be drawn, corresponding to acceptable values of the frequency ratios for modes 3 and 4, as shown in Figure 3. These two surfaces will intersect in a curve AB, if a solution indeed exists.
- a third surface can be drawn in the space of Figure 3 corresponding to an appropriate ratio for the frequency of mode 5. If this surface cuts the solution curve AB for modes 3 and 4, for example at the point S, then this point represents a satisfactory solution for modes 3, 4 and 5 relative to mode 2. The process can then be continued by including the remaining parameter, extending point S into a curve, and seeking an intersection with the surface for mode 6 at an acceptable frequency ratio.
- Solution II gives an instrument of "coat hanger" shape which, from Table 3, has a well distributed set of mode frequencies.
- the sub-nominal in this case, is well located near a harmonic frequency.
- mode 3 has the frequency ratio 1.5, there may be an implied fundamental at frequency ratio 0.5, an octave below the nominal pitch for psychophysical reasons.
- Solution III which has a very flattened shape because of the small value of ⁇ , the mode frequencies are densely clustered in the range 1.0 to 2.5 and contain no less than three major thirds relative to the nominal pitch.
- the subjective pitch may again be below the nominal pitch because of the close spacing of these mode frequency ratios.
- the shape of this pentangle is not satisfactory for practical reasons, particularly when rounded corners come to be considered. For this reason, Solution III was not pursued by the present inventors.
- the final step in the mathematical modelling exercise which would not be required if the percussion instrument is cast or moulded with sharp corners, is to modify the Solutions I and II to include the effects of corner rounding.
- the finite-element package "Strand5" produced by G & D Computing, Suite 307, 3 Smail Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
- This package is particularly suitable for this calculation because its structure allows access to all the files and executable modules, so that it is a relatively easy task to write a batch program to perform the necessary exploration of configuration space in the immediate vicinity of the initial Solutions I and II. It does not require the inclusion of external constraints on the pentangle.
- Optimisation of the pentangle design for corner rounding effects typically takes only a few hours.
- the minimum reasonably achievable bend radius corresponds to bending the rod around itself, giving a neutral-section bend radius about equal to the rod diameter, so that corrections to straight-side lengths of at least this magnitude are involved. Since the bend radius introduces an absolute scale into the problem, it is necessary to define the total length of the rod, which was taken to be 1000 mm. If the bend radius is taken as 15 mm for 12.7 mm diameter rod, then little change in the shape of the pentangle is required.
- the pentangles as designed above require no hand-tuning, their mode frequencies being defined by their basic shape. The same is true to some extent of traditional church bells, but it is almost universal practice to fine-tune the mode frequencies of church bells by turning small amounts of metal off the interior surface of the bell on a lathe, following recipes which have been established by long experience. Clearly the same sort of procedure could be used with pentangles, both to reduce the residual tuning discrepancies of the first six modes and perhaps also to tune some of the higher modes.
- fine tuning can also be effected by varying the cross-sectional size and shape of the sections of the pentangle, or by including a wide-section "weight" at an appropriate location on a section. It is also theoretically possible to fine tune a metal pentangle by welding a "weight” to it. However, it is the belief of the present inventors that, in practice, fine-tuning will be generally unnecessary.
- both the rod diameter and the bend radius might be kept constant and only the lengths of the rod sections scaled. This would require performing a separate finite-element optimisation to incorporate corner rounding for each different member of the set, and the limitations imposed by a fixed bend radius might mean that the overtone structure of the resulting pentangles might have to change at certain nominal pitches. This is not very satisfactory.
- Table 5 shows the measured mode frequency ratios of the first two pentangle instruments constructed by the present inventors according to the calculated curved corner designs.
- the measured deviations from the calculated frequencies can be ascribed in large measure to small deviations from the desired geometry of the pentangle, since the rod was bent by hand in a simple jig. Agreement is certainly adequate to validate the design principles.
- the first five modes are (i) the hum or undertone, with frequency 1:2 relative to the second mode, (ii) the fundamental or prime, which is the reference frequency, (iii) the tierce or minor third (6:5), (iv) the quint or perfect fifth, and (v) the nominal or octave (2:1).
- Solution I contains the correct frequency ratios, including the minor third, to within powers of 2, except in the case of the first mode, but they are spread over several octaves rather than being concentrated.
- Solution II has more closely clustered mode frequencies and again has a minor third.
- Solution III has mode frequencies clustered more like those of a church bell but, as explained above, this design has not been implemented for practical reasons.
- the musical effectiveness of the present invention therefore, cannot be a matter of exact simulation but must rely upon the production of an appropriate subjectively bell-like sound.
- Each pentangle 60 is constructed in the form shown in Figure 6 and is suspended from a frame 61 using a nylon thread.
- the pentangles are also connected to a broad-band, non-resonant soundboard 62, backed by a cavity or sound box 63, to enhance the sound transmission of the instrument.
- Both the soundboard and the sound box are tapered from the bass to the treble end, and are coupled to the pentangles by elastic cords (which are attached to the soundboard at points along a non-central line).
- the soundboard is braced by ribs glued to its back face, as in a guitar or harpsichord.
- the distribution of these ribs and the volume of the backing cavity or box are such that there is an appropriately shaped radiation response over the playing range of the instrument.
- the thirteen graded size pentangles were "tuned" to enable the instrument to play a full scale.
- This instrument produces a mellow concordant sound when the pentangles are excited by a blow from a hard mallet.
- a soft beater When a soft beater is used by the percussionist, the instrument produces a warm, harp-like sound. Increasing the hardness of the beater or mallet increases the higher frequency content of the sound produced, so that a bell-like sound is produced when the pentangles are struck with a hard mallet. A more percussive sound is produced if a pentangle is hit on one side.
- out-of-plane vibration modes are not adjusted to harmonic relationship has been found to give a useful degree of tonal freedom to the performer, a possibility that could be enhanced by making each pentangle from a rectangular steel bar instead of from a steel rod.
- a number of microphones have been installed within the soundbox of the instrument illustrated in Figure 7. These microphones enable the instrument to be used with the acoustic resonator, with an electronic amplifier, or with both acoustic and electronic amplification of the sound which is produced.
- Solution I was chosen for the pentangle shape since it is more compact and uses less rod material than the shape shown in Figure 6 (Solution II). Because the pentangle is rather large, 14 mm diameter steel rod was used to give adequate weight and rigidity.
- this pentangle When made from 12.6 mm diameter rod, this pentangle gave an internal bend radius of approximately 20 mm. The pentangle had reasonably good tuning and a measured frequency of about 185 Hz. This pentangle was to be scaled to produce the required lower pitch for the note E x .
- the new pentangle was successfully constructed using this relationship for the rod length, with an equivalent inner bend radius of 38 mm, and with the interior bend angles remaining at 90°.
- any one of a number of different sound radiators may be matched to the percussion instrument of the present invention to enhance sound transmission, but on the basis of experience a resonant structure is preferred to a wide band radiator when the instrument comprises a single pentangle.
- the simplest resonant structure is a diaphragm coupled pipe resonator.
- a tube-loaded cavity resonator or an air-loaded resonant diaphragm may be used.
- the normal sound wavelength is about 8.25 metres, so that a quarter wave pipe resonator, driven as a high impedance, will have an acoustic length of 2060 mm. This is long enough to require folding, but may still be practicable.
- the resonator is made from pipe of internal diameter d, then its physical length L should be
- d is also in millimetres. If the pipe is bent back along itself using two right angle bends, then the length should be measured roughly along the centre line of the pipe. It is best to make the pipe too long by perhaps 300 mm and to cut a slot about one-third of the diameter in width along the length of the excess section. This slot can then be covered over progressively to tune the pipe (as in some organ pipes). Alternatively a tuning sleeve could be fitted outside the pipe for sliding over the pipe to increase its length. The diaphragm covering the driven end of the pipe should be only moderately taut, since the frequency at which it must vibrate is quite low. An optimal combination of diaphragm thickness and tension requires experimentation.
- the required pipe length is about 270 mm. Some of this length could protrude into the interior of the cavity. Again, it might be advantageous to provide a means for tuning the length of the pipe.
- resonant radiator that may be used with a single pentangle is analogous to the membrane and kettle of the tympani or, in a simpler form, to the membrane of a bass drum.
- the membrane would be tuned, as in the tympani, to the nominal pitch of the pentangle.
- the attachment cord of the pentangle instrument should meet the membrane at about the point chosen for striking the tympani - that is, about one third of the way in from the edge - and not at the centre of the membrane.
- the bass drum resonator is rather similar, though the tuning is much less critical and the attachment point might well be in the centre of the membrane, rather than off to one side. However, it would give a much less resonant sound than the tympani-type resonator, which has several modes in nearly harmonic relation.
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