A String Player’s Guide to Evaluating Sound and Playability: Language and Principles for Communicating About String Instruments and Quantifying their Characteristics

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dc.contributor.advisorStallmann, Kurten_US
dc.contributor.advisorKantor, Paulen_US
dc.creatorLammers, Matthew Swankeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-26T16:39:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-26T16:39:03Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-04-21en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-09-26T16:39:04Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThis document will provide string instrument players with principles, vocabulary, and procedures for communication and assessment that have, in my seven years of research with luthier Keith Hill (Brentwood, TN), made conversations about sound and playability comprehensible, precise, fearless, and useful. The three main chapters of this document (Chapters 2-4) contain the most essential takeaways from our research: Principles of Progress, A Language for Discussing Sound and Playability, and Quantitative Assessment. They lay the groundwork for productive collaboration, then explore the terminology needed to have meaningful conversations, and finally build a framework for analyzing and comparing those observations. It also includes a chapter of background (Chapter 1) that describes Keith’s formative influences and the creation of our research partnership. The principles, vocabulary, and procedures for communication and assessment are useful in many scenarios, including maintaining and improving the characteristics of an instrument, choosing and purchasing an instrument with confidence, understanding and playing to an instrument’s strengths and weaknesses, and discussing sound while teaching and rehearsing.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationLammers, Matthew Swanke. "A String Player’s Guide to Evaluating Sound and Playability: Language and Principles for Communicating About String Instruments and Quantifying their Characteristics." (2022) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113380">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113380</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113380en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectviolinen_US
dc.subjectcelloen_US
dc.subjectviolaen_US
dc.subjectacousticsen_US
dc.subjectplayabilityen_US
dc.subjectsounden_US
dc.subjectluthieren_US
dc.subjectevaluationen_US
dc.subjectinstrumenten_US
dc.subjectcharacteristicsen_US
dc.subjectpracticalen_US
dc.subjecthandbooken_US
dc.subjectguideen_US
dc.subjectkeithen_US
dc.subjecthillen_US
dc.subjectlammersen_US
dc.subjectrubricen_US
dc.subjectvocabularyen_US
dc.subjectlexiconen_US
dc.subjectpurchasingen_US
dc.titleA String Player’s Guide to Evaluating Sound and Playability: Language and Principles for Communicating About String Instruments and Quantifying their Characteristicsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentViolin Performanceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Musical Artsen_US
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