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Paul Davis wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM, drew Roberts  wrote:

>

>

>>> The question is what happens at the other end when a note gets struck a

>>> second time.

>>>

>>> a) Nothing, the note is already on.

>>> b) Re-trigger, the voice is reset and the note gets played from the top

>>> c) Trigger, a new voice is assigned and will play simultaneously to

>>> previous voices

>>>

>> So... which "real" instruments work like a, which like b, and which like c?

>>

>

> most acoustic instruments works like (b) because their sound producing

> mechanisms use a particular set of material (possibly the entire

> instrument) to generate a particular note. if you just hit/stroke/blow

> it again, it starts a new sound using the same note.

>

> i can't think of any acoustic instruments that can do (c) because it

> would imply some means of generating more than 1 "copy" of the same

> voice.

>

> (a) would imply an instrument that can just ignored a performance

> gesture some fo the time, and again, its hard to think of any acoustic

> instrument that could do that.

c) If you e.g. play the e string of a guitar at the 5th fret and then

the a string, while the guitar is normal e, a, d, g, b, e tuned.

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