REED WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

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REED WOODWINDINSTRUMENTS

• MUSICAL ACOUSTICS

The Science of Sound, Chapter 12 The Physics of
Musical Instruments, Chapter 15
www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/
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REED WOODWINDS
CLARINETS ALTO, Bb, C, Eb, A, BASS
OBOE, ENGLISH HORN
SAXOPHONES ALTO, TENOR, BARITONE, SOPRANO
BASSOON
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HOW A CLARINET WORKS
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CLARINET - RANGE OF BLOWING PRESSURE
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INWARD AND OUTWARD STRIKING REEDS
FLOW VELOCITY AS A FUNCTION OF BLOWING PRESSURE
FOR A CLARINET
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CYLINDRICAL AND CONICAL PIPES
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WHAT ABOUT TRUNCATED CONES?
ARE THE RESONANCES HARMONIC?
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INPUT IMPEDANCE OF THE CLARINET
EFFECT OF REGISTER HOLES
3 REGISTERS OF A CLARINET
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EFFECT OF REGISTER HOLES
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WAVEFORM
THREE NOTES ON A CLARINET
SPECTRUM
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LATTICE OF OPEN TONE HOLES
CUTOFF FREQUENCY
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EFFECT OF REED STIFFNESS
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THE SAXOPHONE IS A CLOSED PIPE
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CONTRABASS SAXOPHONE
LARGEST WOODWIND INSTRUMENT
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TUNING OF VOCAL TRACT BY SAXOPHONE PLAYER
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OBOE
WAVEFORM
SPECTRUM
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BASSOON
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BASSOON
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EARLY WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS
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BAGPIPES
HIGHLAND BAGPIPES
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NORTHUMBRIAN BAGPIPE
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DIRECTIONAL RADIATION
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From J. Meyer Acoustics and the Performance of
Music (Verlag das Musikinstrument, Frankfurt am
Main, 1978
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TYPICAL BLOWING PRESSURES IN WOODWINDS
TYPICAL BLOWING PRESSURES ACROSS THE MAIN
COMPASS OF CLARINET ALTO SAXOPHONE, OBOE, AND
BASSOON, FOR PIANO AND FORTE PLAYING
Fuks and Sundberg, 1996
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SPECTRAL ENVELOPE OF (IDEALIZED) WOODWIND
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