The role of vibrato in the perception of violin timbral quality

• Main Author: Law, Michele Soo Ling
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Vibration - Measurement; Violin - Methods
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8779/1/FEM_2002_2%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8779/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This research seeks to verify the assumption that the presence of vibrato assists listeners in "hearing" the resonance structure of a violin, hence facilitating judgments concerning violin timbral quality. Three violins of different costs and presumably different qualities were used. Li...