Publications and references in music acoustics

• Journal articles
• Full conference papers
• Multimedia
• Technical and non-technical references
• Introductory material for non-technical readers

Journal articles

• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Pitch bending and glissandi on the clarinet: roles of the vocal tract and partial tone hole closure" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 126, 1511-1520.
• Almeida, A., Chow, R, Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "The kinetics and acoustics of fingering and note transitions on the flute” J. Acoust. Soc. America, 126, 1521-1529.
• Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Vowel-pitch matching in Wagner's operas: implications for intelligibility and ease of singing", JASA Express Letters, J. Acoust. Soc. America, 125, EL196.
• Wolfe, J., Garnier, M. and Smith, J. (2009) "Vocal tract resonances in speech, singing and playing musical instruments" Human Frontier Science Program Journal, 3, 6-23.
• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Saxophone acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra" Acoustics Australia, 37, 18-23.
• Chen, J.M., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Experienced saxophonists learn to tune their vocal tracts", Science, 319, 726.
• Dickens, P., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Improved precision measurements of acoustic impedance spectra using resonance-free calibration loads and controlled error distribution", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 121, 1471-1481.
• Kulik, Y. (2007) "Transfer matrix of conical waveguides with any geometric parameters for increased precision in computer modeling", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 122, EL179-EL184.
• Smith, J., Rey, G., Dickens. P., Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki): III. Determinants to playing quality", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 121, 547-558.
• Henrich, N., Kiek, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Resonance strategies in Bulgarian women's singing", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 32, 171-177.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Branched ducts and the didjeriduo", Acoustics Australia, 35, 51-55.
• Dickens, P., France, R., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Clarinet acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra". Acoustics Australia, 35, 17-24.
• Botros, A., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "The Virtual Flute: An advanced fingering guide generated via machine intelligence", J. New Music Research, 35, 183-196.
• Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "The dependence of timbral brightness on fundamental frequency and spectral centroid", Acustica, 92, 820-825.
• Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2006)"Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) I: Experiment", J. Acoust. Soc. America , 119, 1194-1204.
• Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) II: Theory", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 119, 1205-1213.
• Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "The vocal tract and the sound of a didgeridoo". Nature, 436, 39.
• Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "How do clarinet players adjust the resonances of their vocal tracts for different playing effects?", J. Acoust. Soc. America 118, 3306-3315.
• Bavu, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Torsional waves in a bowed string". Acustica, 91, 241-246.
• Inta, R., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Measurement of the effect on violins of ageing and playing". Acoustics Australia, 33, 25-29.
• Fletcher, N.H., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Acoustic impedance measurements - correction for probe geometry mismatch". J. Acoust. Soc. America, 117, 2889-2895.
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos", Nature, 427, 116.
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: the soprano voice", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 116, 2434-2439.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2003) "Cut off frequencies and cross fingering in baroque, classical and modern flutes", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 114, 2263-2272.
• Lavan, D., Hogg, S. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Why do bell plates ring?". Acoustics Australia, 31, 55-58. 31, 55-58
• Donaldson, T., Wang, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Vocal tract resonances: a preliminary study of sex differences for young Australians", Acoustics Australia, 31, 95-98.
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2002) "The virtual Boehm flute--a web service that predicts multiphonics, microtones and alternative fingerings", Acoustics Australia, 30, 61-65.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustic impedance of classical and modern flutes" Journal of Sound and Vibration , 243, 127-144.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustics of classical and modern flutes: a compendium of impedance spectra, sound spectra, sounds and fingerings" JSV+. Electronic supplement. Originally at http://journals.harcourt-international.com/journals/jsv/supplementary/suppindex.htm, now here.
• Wolfe, J., Carter, P., Parker, S., Fearn, R., and Frampton, N. (Patent, 2001) "Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus". (International publication date: 18/1/2001; priority date: 13/7/1999). Australia (App'n No 56652/00), Canada (TBA), Japan (TBA), US (TBA) and Europe (Appn No 00941808.8)
• Fearn, R, and Wolfe, J (2000) "The relative importance of rate and place: experiments using pitch scaling techniques with cochlear implantees" Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 109 (12), 51-53.
• Fearn, R, Carter, P. and Wolfe, J. (1999) "The perception of pitch by users of cochlear implants: possible significance for rate and place theories of pitch"; Acoustics Australia, 27, 41-43.
• Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1998) "Learning to pronounce vowel sounds in a foreign language using acoustic measurements of the vocal tract as feedback in real time". Language and Speech, 41, 1-20.
• Harjono, R.D. and Dunlop, J. I. (1998) "Acoustical Properties of some Australian and Indonesian woods." Catgut Acoustical Soc. J. 3, 10-14.
• Smith, JR, Henrich, N and Wolfe, J (1997) "The acoustic impedance of the Boehm flute: standard and some non-standard fingerings" Proc. Inst. Acoustics 19, 315-330.
• Epps, J., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "A novel instrument to measure acoustic resonances of the vocal tract during speech" Measurement Science and Technology 8, 1112-1121.

Full conference papers

• Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "How to play the first bar of Rhapsody in Blue", Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Improving the quality of a simple plastic ‘didjeridu’" Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
• Garnier, M., Wolfe, J., Henrich, N. and Smith, J. (2008) "Interrelationship between vocal effort and vocal tract acoustics: a pilot study", Proc. International Conference on Speech and Language Processing, Brisbane.
• Wolfe, J. (2007) "Speech and music: acoustics and signals and the relation between them" Inaugural Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney. pp 176-179. E. Schubert, K. Buckley, R. Eliott, B. Koboroff, J. Chen and C. Stevens (eds).
• Smith, J., Henrich, N. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Resonance tuning in singing", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
• Chen, J-M., Laurin, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in recorder performance", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
  
• Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., and Smith, J. (2007) "The acoustics of the player-didjeridu system", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
  
• Smith, J., Rey, G. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "What makes a good didjeridu?", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
  
• Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in saxophone performance", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
  
• Wolfe, J., Henrich, N., Kiek, M. and Smith, J. (2007) "Seriously loud and noticeably different: the acoustics of Bulgarian women’s singing style", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe J. (2007) "The 'didjeriduo': musical implications of a three- port branched duct" International Conference on Sound and Vibration.
• Wolfe, J. (2007) "Speech and Music: acoustics, signals and the relation between them" International Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney, (Schubert E, Buckley K, Eliott R, Koboroff B, Chen J and Stevens C., eds.) 176-179.
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "The role of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing wind instruments". in "Acoustics in a changing environment". ed T. McMinn. Publishers Australian Acoustical Society. (ISBN 0-900882-23-1) 297 - 303.
• Schubert, E., Wolfe, J. and Tarnopolsky, A. (2004) "Spectral centroid and timbre in complex, multiple instrumental textures" International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, NorthWestern University, Illinois. (Lipscomb, S.D, Ashley, R., Gjerdingen, R.O. and Webster, P., eds.) 654-657.
• Bavu, E., Yew, M., Plaçais, P-Y, Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Rotational and translational waves in a bowed string", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 100-103.
• Lavan, D, Hogg, S and Wolfe, J. (2004) "The acoustics of bell plates", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. (Invited paper) pp 308-311.
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Direct measurements of the tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 171-174.
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "The 'Virtual Flute': acoustics modelling at the service of players and composers". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 247-250.
• Fritz, C., Wolfe, J., Kergomard, J. and Caussé, R. (2003) "Playing frequency shift due to the interaction between the vocal tract of the musician and the clarinet". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 263-266.
• Smith, J., Wolfe, J. and Green, M. (2003) "Head joint, embouchure hole and filtering effects on the input impedance of flutes". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 295-298.
• Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A.Z., Fletcher, N.H., Hollenberg, L.C.L. and Smith, J. (2003) "Some effects of the player's vocal tract and tongue on wind instrument sound". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 307-310.
• Wolfe, J. (2003) "From ideas to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust. (Plenary Lecture.)
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J. and Green, M. (2003) "The effects of placement of the head joint stopper on the impedance spectra of transverse flutes". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust.
• Inta, R, and Smith, J. (2003) "Determining top plate profiles in assembled guitars via measurements of magnetic field". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust.
• Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for'". Proc. 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert, J. Renwick, eds., pp 10-13. This paper also gave rise to an "extraordinary plenary session": a musical and scientific debate on the topic. See multimedia (below).
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Tone holes and cross fingerings in wood wind instruments" International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, Session 8.09, pp 14-15.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2001) "Embouchures and end effects in air-jet instruments" International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, Session 8.06, pp 8-9.
• Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "The didjeridu and the vocal tract" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 87-90.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Fletcher, N., and McGee, T. (2001) "The Baroque and Classical flutes and the Boehm revolution" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 505-508.
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Alternative fingerings and multiphonics: measurements, analyses and databases" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 509-512.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2000) "Acoustics of the air-jet family of instruments". Proc. Seventh Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conf., Kumamoto, Japan, pp 575-580.
• Kaehler, B. Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "Longueurs caracteristiques sur la plage vocalique" Actes des XXIIIemes Journees d'Etude sur la Parole, pp 333-336.
• Smith, J., Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "A new technique for the rapid measurement of the acoustic impedance of wind instruments" (Proc. Seventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 4-7 July 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Eds G. Guidati, H. Hunt, H. Heller and A. Heiss) Vol III pp. 1833 - 1840.
• Epps, J., Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "Real time measurements of the vocal tract resonances during speech" Eurospeech'97 (conference proceedings, Rhodes), 721-724.

Multimedia

• Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for'". The " extraordinary plenary session": a musical and scientific debate on the topic. From the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert, J. Renwick, eds.
• Wolfe, J (1992) "The Science of Music", (set of six tapes and booklet) ABC, Sydney
• Wolfe, J (1994) An interactive introduction to the orchestra For children's choir or music class and symphony orchestra.
• Music Acoustics - the laboratory web site.

Technical and non-technical references

For a list of reference books in music acoustics, including some written for readers with no technical background, follow this link.

More introductory material for non-technical readers

• How Do Woodwind Instruments Work?
• Violin acoustics. An index to a several pages about the acoustics of bowed string instruments.
• What is a decibel?
• What is a sound spectrum?
• What is acoustic impedance and why is it important?
• Pipes and Harmonics. Why do closed conical bores have the same set of resonances as open cylindrical bores? (This is one of the most FAQs in musical acoustics.)
• How harmonic are harmonics? (A more subtle FAQ in musical acoustics.)
• The Science of Music. Interviews with leading musicians, musical examples and laboratory examples.
• An interactive introduction to the orchestra For children's choir or music class and symphony orchestra.