When adjusting instruments, my golden rule is “everything matters”. That is why string manufacturers carefully tune the density of string materials, even at significant expense. This means that the closer something is to the surface of the strings, the more sensitively it affects the sound. The whole instrument functions to immensely amplify the motions of the strings, which rapidly twist and kink hundreds of times per second. Learn more about this relationship here.Īdditionally, even clean rosin changes the sound slightly as it accumulates simply due to its mass added to the surface of the string. The abrupt snapping free produced by fresh clean rosin is the most efficient way to excite all of the overtones at once. The string actually bonds to the bow hair and then breaks free hundreds of times per second. Most importantly, rosin attracts contaminants, and dirty rosin can’t engage in the crisp stick-slip motion necessary at the interface between the bow hair and the string. Obviously this will keep your equipment looking its best, but what is less obvious is that even just cleaning your strings can make your instrument sound noticeably better! How can rosin change my instrument’s sound? The rosin may seem innocuous and is easy to ignore, but it is worth the time to clean it off every time you put your instrument away. Any string player is familiar with the sticky coating of rosin which accumulates on both instrument and bow.
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