!!!Middle Ages/Geistliche Kultur
!!Monochord
     
The Monochord consists of a long wooden resonanator over which a string
has been strung lengthwise. A moveable bridge under the string enables
the division of the vibrating part of the string in differing
proportions. A scale On the top of the resonator to show the divisions
of the string (=interval). Simple divisions such as 1:2 = octave, 2:3
fifth produce consonances; complicated ones however produce dissonances.


The Monochord has been in use since antiquity as a means of
demonstrating music theory. (E. Stadler)

Sound examples and pictures
demonstrate the following possibilities. You just click on the shorter
part of the string to get the overtone whose wave development is seen
next to it. If you click on the longer part of the string, you'll hear
the interval of the octave of the fundament:   

 

!Sound clips



__Keynote__

%%columns-fill
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106a.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='monochord, keynote\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='233' popup='false'}]
----
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106e.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='visualization of keynote\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='128' popup='false'}]
----
\\ \\
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106al.mp3' caption='monochord, keynote\\© GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz'}] 
%%  

__Oktav (1:2) (= 1. overtone)__
%%columns-fill
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106b.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='monochord, 1st overtone\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='235' popup='false'}]
----
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106f.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='visualization of 1st overtone\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='128' popup='false'}]
----
\\ \\
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106bl.mp3' caption='monochord, 1st overtone\\© GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz'}] 
%%  


__Quint (2:3) (= 2. overtone)__
%%columns-fill
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106c.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='monochord, 2nd overtone\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='229' popup='false'}]
----
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106g.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='visualization of 2. Oberton\\© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='128' popup='false'}]
----
\\ \\
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106dl.mp3' caption='Monochord, 2nd overtone\\© GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz'}] 
%%  

__Whole tone (8:9) (= 6. overtone)__
%%columns-fill
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106d.jpg' height='150' alt='monochord' caption='monochord, 6th overtone© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='235' popup='false'}]
----
[{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106h.jpg' height='150' alt='Monochord' caption='visualization of 6th overtone© Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='128' popup='false'}]
----
\\ \\
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord/040106el.mp3' caption='monochord, 6th overtone\\© GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz'}] 
%%

%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Monochord|class='wikipage austrian']
%%