David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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What's the Difference Between a Banjo and a Resonator?
The sound coming off the back, cause otherwise con come around the front and be as a wave a hundred, 80 degrees out of phase. It's compressing when the other one is rfying. And they're arriving at your ear at the same time. In the cancel it sounds thin. You lose the low notes a if it's thin. Or doesn't have a box o. I also know that this thing can't be higher than about a foot, because it's going to be very hard to play ta banco pits out there. So why is it here? And i wrote to the four people in the universe who published scholarly papers or articles about banjos,. Only
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