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Table 1 Characteristics of the modes of the primary partials within a well-tuned European bell [33]

From: In situ acoustic analysis of two twentieth-century heritage carillons

Name

Number of nodal meridians

Number and position of nodal circles

Hum

4

0

Fundamental

4

1 (between the rim and the waist)

Tierce

6

1 (in waist)

Quint

6

1 (near rim)

Nominal

8

1 (in waist)