Tritare
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A tritare is an experimental guitar invented in 2003 by Samuel Gaudet and Claude Gauthier of the University of Moncton of a family of stringed instruments which use Y
-shaped strings, instead of the usual string
-shaped strings; Y-shaped strings can produce sounds which are harmonic
integer multiples, but also nonharmonic sounds more akin to those produced by percussion instruments. The Y-strings create, when tuned correctly, Chladni-patterns. Gaudet contends this allows for greater possibility (although the value of this greater possibility is questioned ). The model uses 6 strings and was for a short period available, but not anymore.
The sound effects achieved with the instrument are similar to the sounds that can be achieved with the 3rd bridge
playing technique.
Y
Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet and represents either a vowel or a consonant in English.-Name:In Latin, Y was named Y Graeca "Greek Y". This was pronounced as I Graeca "Greek I", since Latin speakers had trouble pronouncing , which was not a native sound...
-shaped strings, instead of the usual string
Strings (music)
A string is the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. Strings are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may vibrate freely, but controllably. Strings may be "plain"...
-shaped strings; Y-shaped strings can produce sounds which are harmonic
Harmonic
A harmonic of a wave is a component frequency of the signal that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency, i.e. if the fundamental frequency is f, the harmonics have frequencies 2f, 3f, 4f, . . . etc. The harmonics have the property that they are all periodic at the fundamental...
integer multiples, but also nonharmonic sounds more akin to those produced by percussion instruments. The Y-strings create, when tuned correctly, Chladni-patterns. Gaudet contends this allows for greater possibility (although the value of this greater possibility is questioned ). The model uses 6 strings and was for a short period available, but not anymore.
The sound effects achieved with the instrument are similar to the sounds that can be achieved with the 3rd bridge
3rd Bridge
The 3rd bridge is an extended playing technique used on some string instruments , that allows a musician to produce distinctive timbres and overtones that are unavailable on a conventional string instrument with two bridges...
playing technique.