The acoustics of reed instruments during transients and vibrato: elements of excellence

在专业演奏者的手中和口中，木管簧片乐器（例如单簧管和双簧管）可以产生微妙而美丽的声音。本计画将使用本实验室所提供的技术，来决定演奏者声道、振动簧片与乐器孔之间的相互作用的物理性质。该项目将确定如何一个专家球员可以控制初始，最后和含糊不清的瞬变，给优雅，优雅和其他所需的质量。该项目还将研究持续的音符如何随时间变化，特别关注音色颤音，这给他们的声音带来了“温暖”和活泼，“发光”的质量。这项研究将产生重要的实践成果，这些成果可以转化为音乐教学的进步。

In the hands and mouth of an expert player, a woodwind reed instrument (for example, clarinet and oboe) can produce a subtle and beautiful sound. Using techniques only available in this lab, this project will determine the physics of the interactions between a player's vocal tract, the vibrating reed and the instrument bore. The project will determine how an expert player can control the initial, final and slurred transients that give grace, elegance and other desired qualities. The project will also study how sustained notes vary with time, with special attention to timbre vibrato, which gives 'warmth' and a lively, 'glowing' quality to their sound. This study will yield important practical results, which can be converted into advances in music teaching.