[sdiy] harmonics & vibrato

[Scott Evans, Gen Mgr]

Hey Brendan,

Brendan Lynskey wrote:
> Thinking out loud, (well...in black and white), as the fingertip isn't an
> infinitesimal point, could it be true that different harmonics are damped to
> different degrees, depending on how close a part of the finger'pad' is to
> the peaks/troughs of the harm?

No, as the strings pitch would be determined by the freely vibrating 
portion of the string which would be anything not under the finger. Any 
size finger will do.

> And wouldn't this effect change depending on the 'phase' of the
> vibrato...and so wouldn't the timbre change through each vibrato cycle?

Good question here. Although I have no scientific theory to back this 
up, I suspect that this matters little, with the "frequency" of the 
vibrato being so slow in comparison to the pitch. Anyone out there care 
to comment on this one?

Scott