Distorted Sounds: Unlocking the Physics of Modern Music
This page has been created in support of our article published on the arXiv as
Distorted Sounds: Unlocking the Physics
of Modern Music
by Anna Mullin and Derek Leinweber (University of Adelaide)
8 April 2025
Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04919
Clean
Undistorted
Notes
Valve or
Tube
Distorted
Notes
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Here you will find links to mp3 files containing a combination of the tonic with the 3rd,
4th and 5th notes of the scale. This time the clean sound from the guitar is distorted by
a valve (tube) amplifier.
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Equal Temperament Tuning
This mp3 shows the problem with equal temperament tuning. Note how unpleasant the
first tonic-third combination is.
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Just or Harmonic Tuning
Note how all three intervals now sound good, including the third.
Official
Certificates for a
New
Guitar
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Here you will find links to a Word docx file and a pdf file stating your genuine need for
another guitar in addressing the demands of harmonic tuning, absolutely essential to modern
music.
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GuitarCertificate.docx
Edit this file in Word to include your name.
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GuitarCertificate.pdf
Use this file with another app to customise the certificate.
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