===List Of Acoustic Principles ===

Here is a list of pages that describe some musical principles that are important to making unusual instruments. This page will feature short articles describing these principles and the ways that each of these principles has a tendency to be pronounced in [[idiosyncrasy|idiosyncratic]] musical instruments. \\

[[Steel Resonator]]- Instruments that use a large sheet of metal (most commonly steel) as a resonator, this technique gives a very distinct timbre to the instruments. \\  

[[Timbre Modifier]]- A part of an instrument that alters the character of its sound without that part being related to the sound source, a [[Mirliton]] and [[rattle tines]] are examples of these. \\

[[Raunch]]- "Rauchification" or "Rauchifies" is used by [[Bart Hopkin]] to define the vulgar buzzing sound that can be given to a string or tine when ti chatters against another hard surface.\\ 

[[Mirliton]]- A membrane used to modify the timbre of a musical instrument often found on woodwinds and marimbas. \\

[[Rattle Tine]]- is a loose scrap of metal that vibrates against a tine on a lamellophone to modify the timbre of the tines. \\

[[Interference]]- Generating specific pitches that interact in unique ways [[Difference Tones]] are an example of this.\\

[[Combination Tones]]- When two or more differently pitched tones generate additional imaginary tones due to the way the pitches are perceived. \\

[[Interface]]- The way a player interacts with an instrument.\\

[[Sound Synthesizer]] \\

[[Circuit Bending]]\\

[[Idiosyncrasy]]\\

[[Corporeal]]\\

[[Slides]]\\

[[Pitch Fluid]]- Also called Continuous Pitch or Pitch Continuum, is the ability for a musical instrument to smoothly produce a spectrum of pitches rather then fixed pitches. \\

[[Ghost Tones]]- Secondary pitches that can be heard on string instruments that are generated by the inactive sections of strings. \\ 

[[Free String]]- A string that is only mounted on one side, with the other held down by a movable force such as being tied to a rock and the force of gravity acting on the string to give it tension. \\

[[3rd Bridge]] \\

[[Nonuniform strings]]\\ 

[[Longitudinal Vibration]]- Fundamental behavior of such instruments as the [[Long-String Instrument]] and [[Cristal Baschet]], commonly found on string instruments as well as glass tines.\\

[[Electromechanical]] \\ 

[[One Man Band]]\\

[[Springs|Springs and Coils]]\\

[[Membranes]]\\ 

[[Water]] \\

[[Xenharmonic]]\\

[[Prepared]]- An instrument that has its sound temporarily altered by placing objects on or in it, for instance wedging screws between the strings of a piano as seen on prepared piano. This technique is typically temporary.  \\ 

[[Bowed Tongues]]- Bowed [[lamellophone|lamellophones]], instruments with a solid bars or rods that are mounted on one side with each of these tongues bowed. \\

[[Indiscrete]]- An instrument that doesn't have easily definable separate parts. \\

[[Fungible]]- Instruments made with easily replaceable parts or are made out found objects, these are often also Indescrete. \\
There is a heightened importance with the way the instrument is interacted in with instruments of this kind. \\

[[Self Contained]]- Instruments that are not interacted with directly by players or listeners and not intended to be accompanied in any kind of ensemble.\\
This is a prevalent theme in [[sound sculpture|Sound Sculptures]], where the sound is considered an artwork. \\

[[Sound Sculpture]]- Any sound making object that is a piece of art, often with the sound generated being considered an artwork rather then or in addition to music. \\

[[Stratification]]- Certain instruments tend to exist only in specific cultural contexts or with specific groups. \\

[[Site Specific]]- An instrument that can only exist in one specific place (for example the Zadar Sea Organ), for this term the idea of it being made out of materials of that location is also relevant. \\

[[Iterative]]- An instrument that has many versions with varying changes, usually small changes. This applies to instruments made with trial and error building methods. \\

[[Vernacular instrument]] 

[[lowercase]]- The use of very quiet materials as musical instruments. this is most often significantly amplified. There is often a material philosophy of hearing essential sounds of those objects. \\

[[Transmuted]] 

[[Trash Orchestra]]- Ensembles that have a specific aesthetic involving primarily using found materials, garbage, and also have a dominate theme of eco-friendliness, environmentalism and recycling.  \\

[[Tonal Maximum]]- When the Timbre and tuning of an instrument is taken to the maximum clarity and precision, this is a philosophy against chaotic, uncontrolled, and dissonant sound qualities in an instrument. This is the opposite of nurturing [[turbulence]].  \\

[[Turbulence]]- The use of chaos to generate a dissonant, uncontrolled, and cacophonous timbre in musical instruments, prevalent in experimental wind instruments. This is the opposite approach to [[Tonal Maximum]]. This is the wind equivalence to [[Raunch]] which is found on strings and tines.\\

[[Universal Music]]-

[[Alternative Music Theory]]-

[[Future Primitive]]- 

[[Instrument Shaped Object]]- Instrument Shaped Objects (ISO for short) are instruments that have almost no ability to play, but has been made to look like they functions well or even like theya re professionally made musical instruments. \\

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===In Need of Terms===
A term for a person who primarily improves existing instruments and attempt to maximize range and color on them (like Richard Bobo or Jared De Leon)\\ 
A term for whacky/ridiculous instrument that look outlandish but sound relatively normal (weird guitars, cigar box guitars, carrot clarinets ect.. ) \\
A word for an instrument that cant really play any kind of discrete musical songs but instead is defined simply by the timbre and behavior of its output (think like an aeolian harp). \\
a word for instruments thats are intentionally against high craftsmanship or that avoid using difficult constructions methods \\ 
A word for instruments made from scavenged materials, maybe something that emphasizes the tendency for the instruments to look like a conglomeration of unrelated parts/ objects assembled together. assemblage? \\
A word for the philosophy of hearing essential sounds of an object. Such that the sound made is the inherent and most primal sound of that thing. \\
Something about musicians who make work that is saturated with unique and difficult to identify sound sources, making it cacophonous and filled with unfamiliar sounds (think [[Hans Reichel]]'s Yuxo or some of the musical work of [[Bart Hopkin]]. Often this style of music is eerie and creepy. A term like[[Phantasmagoria]] of sound may apply. \\ 



