Sound hole

A sound hole, a recess of any shape in a resonance body for increasing the volume of the instrument: The resonance in the body is emitted via the sound hole to the outside. The size, shape and location of the sound hole is very important for the sound of the instrument.

Other name

Sound holes, hatches sound or sound holes is also called the steeple openings in walls in the amount of bells chair to make better penetrate the sound of the bell to the outside; these are usually covered with a wooden grating. ( See → tone Arcade)

Instruments

Sound holes are most commonly found on stringed instruments such as guitar, lute, violin and harp, as well as some percussion instruments (such as the wooden block and the cajón ). For some instruments (eg, lute ), the sound holes are traditionally decorated with rosettes. In classical guitar sheet and usually it protects the sound holes with mosaic inlay.

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Special case: sound hole of an acoustic guitar the company Ovation

C- hole

The C- hole is the older sound hole and historic stringed instruments, such as viols, you can often find very ornate forms.

F- hole

Better known is the reminiscent of the cursive form of the small letter f-hole of stringed instruments, but also artfully arabesques ( rosettes ) cut sound holes of certain sounds. F- holes are to the right and left of the bridge of the instrument. Even in old guitar instruments and from today's archtop guitars, semi-hollow guitars and mandolins or ukuleles can be integrated into the body F- holes. The F- hole developed from the C- hole.

The C- or F- holes on instruments of the gamba family and viola d'amore are occasionally flame -shaped.

Other name

Sound holes or sound holes is also called the steeple openings in walls in the amount of bells chair to make better penetrate the sound of the bell to the outside; these are usually covered with a wooden grating. ( See → tone Arcade)