...Why don't we use them to illustrate how different types of wood sound?
I know that no two ukes are the same but this technique is used to analyse things as complex as the human voice, so it would definitely help a lot in terms of describing spectral qualities of say koa vs. mahogany vs. spruce woods to the untrained ear. Just using words such as warm, mellow, bright or crisp make it difficult for beginners to grasp what that actually corresponds to in terms of sound, unless one already has experience hearing the differences.
You'd be able to visualise that one is stronger on mid-lows, another one on highs hences brighter, one has more sustain etc. If someone made a reference table of spectrograms of various types of standard woods in identical lab conditions or if makers made "for reference only" ones for each of their models, it would probably help people get an idea of the differences among the various woods. Even better, one could add a vibrometer scan to visualise how the uke resonates to say G, C, E and A.
Do you reckon?
I know that no two ukes are the same but this technique is used to analyse things as complex as the human voice, so it would definitely help a lot in terms of describing spectral qualities of say koa vs. mahogany vs. spruce woods to the untrained ear. Just using words such as warm, mellow, bright or crisp make it difficult for beginners to grasp what that actually corresponds to in terms of sound, unless one already has experience hearing the differences.
You'd be able to visualise that one is stronger on mid-lows, another one on highs hences brighter, one has more sustain etc. If someone made a reference table of spectrograms of various types of standard woods in identical lab conditions or if makers made "for reference only" ones for each of their models, it would probably help people get an idea of the differences among the various woods. Even better, one could add a vibrometer scan to visualise how the uke resonates to say G, C, E and A.
Do you reckon?