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The '''sounding board''' or '''soundboard''' is the largest part of a [[string instrument|string]] [[musical instrument]]'s body. It produces sound by [[resonance]] and transmits the reverberations of the strings to the air. Sounding boards are customarily made of wood, and most instruments have two sounding boards, an upper and a lower one. Some folk instruments have only one sounding board. An upper sounding board, the top part of the instrument's body, usually has [[sound hole]]s in it. The holes can have different shapes; round in [[guitar]]s, [[f-hole]]s in [[violin]] family instruments, [[rosette]]s in [[lute]]s, and so on. |
The '''sounding board''' or '''soundboard''' is the largest part of a [[string instrument|string]] [[musical instrument]]'s body. It produces sound by [[resonance]] and transmits the reverberations of the strings to the air. Sounding boards are customarily made of wood, and most instruments have two sounding boards, an upper and a lower one. Some folk instruments have only one sounding board. An upper sounding board, the top part of the instrument's body, usually has [[sound hole]]s in it. The holes can have different shapes; round in [[guitar]]s, [[f-hole]]s in [[violin]] family instruments, [[rosette]]s in [[lute]]s, and so on. |
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The sounding boards of some instruments have unique names, such as ''plate'', or ''belly'' (the latter in a [[violin]]). |
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For the [[piano]], the sounding board is the rear of the instrument (if an upright), concealed by a wooden board, or the bottom portion of the case (if a grand piano). The [[harp]] has a soundboard below the strings. |
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More generally, any hard surface can act as a sounding board, for example when a [[tuning fork]] is struck and placed against such a surface to amplify the sound. |
More generally, any hard surface can act as a sounding board, for example when a [[tuning fork]] is struck and placed against such a surface to amplify the sound. |
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Revision as of 00:08, 4 January 2007
The sounding board or soundboard is the largest part of a string musical instrument's body. It produces sound by resonance and transmits the reverberations of the strings to the air. Sounding boards are customarily made of wood, and most instruments have two sounding boards, an upper and a lower one. Some folk instruments have only one sounding board. An upper sounding board, the top part of the instrument's body, usually has sound holes in it. The holes can have different shapes; round in guitars, f-holes in violin family instruments, rosettes in lutes, and so on.
More generally, any hard surface can act as a sounding board, for example when a tuning fork is struck and placed against such a surface to amplify the sound.
Other meanings
- Sounding board is also a term used to describe a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of acceptability.