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Brass and Woodwind
This is an appendix to 'Woodwind and brass instruments', a chapter by Joe Wolfe in The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, edited by Gary E. McPherson.
The list below gives, in order, topics in the chapter
that reference sound files, figures or deeper discussion that are available on this website.
These are followed by pages giving relevant background.
- Introductions to the basic acoustics of the individual wind families: flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons, brass instruments.
- The resonance frequencies of open and closed bores are compared here.
- The resonance frequencies of cylindrical and conical bores are compared here.
- Examples and explanations of woodwind multiphonics are given for flutes, clarinets and saxophones (representing approximately: open cylindrical, closed cylindrical and conical bores).
- How the mouthpiece, bore and bell of a brass instrument contribute to give (mainly) harmonic resonances (ratios 2f, 3f, 4f ...).
- 'Warming up' wind instruments
- Air speed and blowing pressure in brass and woodwind instruments
- What is acoustic impedance? And why is it important? (A more formal introduction.)
- What is a sound spectrum?
- Crossfingering in woodwinds.
- Note
names, MIDI numbers, frequencies and keyboard positions
- Frequency
to note converter
- What
is a decibel?
- Measure your own hearing
response
- What
are interference beats and Tartini tones?
- Tartini tones, consonance and temperament: a brief introduction
- Helmholtz
resonance
- How
harmonic are harmonics?
- Resolving pitch: Heisenberg's
uncertainty principle and the musician's uncertainty principle
- FAQ
in music acoustics
- Physclips – Waves and Sound is a multimedia introduction
to the basics
of waves and sound. Videos on each topic plus html pages of extended resources.
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