Talk:Wolf tone

Disambiguation
Shouldn't wolf tone go staight to a disambig., I'd say at least as many people would be looking for the Irish political leader Theobald Wolf Tone as would be looking for the musical term.Lord Cornwallis (talk) 22:51, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry that was a mistake about spelling. The political leader is actually spelt "Wolfe Tone". I am adding a direct link at the top of the article, as I think this will be quite a common error.Lord Cornwallis (talk) 00:17, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Questionable statements
"It is essentially an attenuator that cuts down on reverberation." I would say this is incorrect. It is a damper that reduces a resonance. "Wolf tones are usually only noticed on bowed instruments" They can also be troublesome with electric guitars, particularly above the 12th fret.

Ve2dc (talk) 16:02, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

I concur - and have added a link which discusses this. (I have also edited the passage so that it is closer to what is truly happening.) --96.226.213.17 (talk) 00:23, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

The bit about the Amadeus Quartet doesn't appear to be relevant to the article. --168.11.145.30 (talk) 19:39, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

My understanding of wolf tones is that they are often a resonance of the string between the bridge and the tailpiece - thus the location of the wolf-tone eliminators. Obviously, if squeezing a cello with your knees attenuates it, it's a body resonance, but the first paragraph should probably have the word "body" edited out or changed to be inclusive of other resonances. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.24.92.6 (talk) 19:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Tidbit
I added a snippet regarding the effect of the tone on wolves.
 * Bearerofthecup (talk) 04:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

I deleted this section, as nonsense. Even if someone repeated a wives' tale in a book, it makes as much sense to say playing a wolf tone affects wolves, as saying playing Bach's's Air on the G String causes stirring in one's nether regions. --StanZegel  (talk) 21:33, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

"as does the trick of squeezing with the knees"
Can someone who knows this "trick" go into more detail on this? The statement assumes prior knowledge. As a non-player I'd like to know how the trick is executed and why it works. Using a wolf tone eleminator makes sense as does fingering an octave above or below the note but what does squeezing the instrument with your knees do? Lesson vibration? Thanks. Wolfhound668 (talk) 12:25, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

I have added some links to how this works. --96.226.213.17 (talk) 00:13, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Seymour Barab's cello wolf
I have searched for some time and can find no evidence that Seymour Barab's cello had a wolf - or that someone wrote a piece that made use of it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.213.17 (talk) 00:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The story is in the jacket notes to Barab's recording of the Suite, an LP de-accensioned from the local public library. I've never found any trace of a score, though. Sparafucil (talk) 05:31, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

If you have the jacket - can you scan it and put it someplace that can be linked? --96.226.213.17 (talk) 14:55, 28 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree. Can't make a citation, "Some random CD jacket" without concrete evidence. Hopefully someone someday can find the jacket. The Amazing Matt (talk) 02:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)