The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88211 Message #1652806
Posted By: Amos
21-Jan-06 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: Guitar: This is a dilly.
Subject: RE: Guitar: This is a dilly.
Doppler would not account for the shift from an unmoving source; the waves might be slightly compressed and expanded by the ebb and flow of contraction in the guitar, but I think that would be very small as an effect. I think the rise is due to cross-interference in harmonics, pretty much what John described; even a very closely tuned instrument has some of this.