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Could I pick the brain of a cello player for a project? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world to c/cello@lemmy.ml

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I'm building a sort of hybrid between a cello and a hurdy gurdy, but since the cello is larger than the gurty, I can't just slap the key box on the bridge and I don't have or play the cello so I don't know where all the fingerings would need to be.

Could someone who does play help me with measurements and positions?

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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The good news is that it's not Music you need to know, it's actually Physics. If a string has a given note and a known length, physics will tell you that changing the length will produce a different note. Unfortunately it's been eons since I've done any such physics, so the best I could do is suggest you look up harmonics or standing waves of strings. It's out there, I just can't think of the proper term.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh that puts this squarely in my wheelhouse! This implies there's math and measurements I can do to figure this out! I love math!

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Great! Yes, maths are the basis for music (eg double or half a frequency is one octave up or down).

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I will return with more questions or the finished product!