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sound bodies

Italian translation: casse armoniche / casse di risonanza

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English term or phrase:sound bodies
Italian translation:casse armoniche / casse di risonanza
Entered by: Gaia Sibilla

13:06 Jan 23, 2018
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Music
English term or phrase: sound bodies
Contesto: The tomb of... depicts two bow harps with well defined sound bodies.
Idee su come tradurre "sound bodies"?
Io pensavo a "due arpe ad arco con solide strutture ben definite" ma non sono sicura.
Grazie.
Gaia Sibilla
Italy
Local time: 01:09
casse armoniche / casse di risonanza
Explanation:
https://www.google.it/search?ei=EzRnWrmIH4W1kwXHzaDwDQ&q="ca...

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Note added at 6 min (2018-01-23 13:12:31 GMT)
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Sostanzialmente la parte in legno degli strumenti descritti.

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Note added at 10 min (2018-01-23 13:16:39 GMT)
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http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/cassa

"Con significato più generico, di corpo cavo: **cassa di risonanza (o armonica**), cavità sonora di strumenti musicali sulla quale o entro la quale è disposta una sorgente sonora (un diapason, una corda vibrante, ecc.), il cui suono viene rinforzato dalla cassa stessa".
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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 01:09
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2casse armoniche / casse di risonanza
Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
5corpi sonori
Annalisa Panero
4corpi sonori
Roberta Calabrò
4casse armoniche
Federico Carozzo


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
corpi sonori


Explanation:
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Roberta Calabrò
Italy
Local time: 01:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
casse armoniche / casse di risonanza


Explanation:
https://www.google.it/search?ei=EzRnWrmIH4W1kwXHzaDwDQ&q="ca...

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Note added at 6 min (2018-01-23 13:12:31 GMT)
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Sostanzialmente la parte in legno degli strumenti descritti.

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Note added at 10 min (2018-01-23 13:16:39 GMT)
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http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/cassa

"Con significato più generico, di corpo cavo: **cassa di risonanza (o armonica**), cavità sonora di strumenti musicali sulla quale o entro la quale è disposta una sorgente sonora (un diapason, una corda vibrante, ecc.), il cui suono viene rinforzato dalla cassa stessa".

Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  iacoponinni: https://www.harp-school.com/guides/choose-your-harp/
15 mins
  -> Grazie mille Jacopo
agree  Gianni Pastore
4 hrs
  -> Grazie mille Gianni
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
casse armoniche


Explanation:
Il sound body o resonating body è la cassa armonica dell'arpa, localizzata al di sotto della tavola armonica (soundboard)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp#/media/File:Harp.svg
    Reference: http://sites.siba.fi/web/harpnotation/manual/percussive-soun...
Federico Carozzo
Italy
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
corpi sonori


Explanation:
definizione tecnica, vedi anche: https://books.google.it/books?id=lyFAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA288&lpg=P...


    Reference: http://https://books.google.it/books?id=lyFAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA28...
Annalisa Panero
Italy
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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