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View article: Influences of different string types on the perception of violin qualities
Influences of different string types on the perception of violin qualities Open
The brand and model of strings used on violins are considered to play an important role in their playability and sound quality. An experiment was designed to test whether and how violin players perceive changes in violin qualities when str…
View article: Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Nonlinear Friction Model of Bow-string Interaction
Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Nonlinear Friction Model of Bow-string Interaction Open
This study investigates the use of an unsupervised, physics-informed deep learning framework to model a one-degree-of-freedom mass-spring system subjected to a nonlinear friction bow force and governed by a set of ordinary differential equ…
View article: Acoustic Field Reconstruction in Tubes via Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Acoustic Field Reconstruction in Tubes via Physics-Informed Neural Networks Open
This study investigates the application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to inverse problems in acoustic tube analysis, focusing on reconstructing acoustic fields from noisy and limited observation data. Specifically, we address…
View article: Discrete port-Hamiltonian system model of a single-reed woodwind instrument
Discrete port-Hamiltonian system model of a single-reed woodwind instrument Open
Time-domain simulation of woodwind instruments typically involves the development of separate discrete-time sub-models for the excitation mechanism and the resonator. These components have largely been modeled via digital waveguide or fini…
View article: Acoustic Characterization of the Resonator in the Chinese Transverse Flute (dizi)
Acoustic Characterization of the Resonator in the Chinese Transverse Flute (dizi) Open
The dizi is a traditional Chinese transverse flute and is most distinguished from the western flute by the presence of a hole covered by a wrinkled membrane. In this study, we analyze the linear acoustical behavior of the dizi resonator th…
View article: SCATTERING PARAMETERS FOR THE KEEFE CLARINET TONEHOLE MODEL
SCATTERING PARAMETERS FOR THE KEEFE CLARINET TONEHOLE MODEL Open
The clarinet tonehole model developed by Keefe [1981] is parametrized as the cascade of a series reactance, a shunt complex impedance, and another series reactance. The transmission matrix description of this two-port tonehole model is giv…
View article: Experimental measurements of a prototype vibraphone bar with three-dimensional cutaway geometry
Experimental measurements of a prototype vibraphone bar with three-dimensional cutaway geometry Open
This article discusses the fabrication and testing of two prototype vibraphone bars. Bar cutaway shapes vary along both the length and width of the bar, whereas previous examples in the literature vary only along the length. Bar shapes wer…
View article: Current State and Future Directions of Technologies for Music Instrument Pedagogy
Current State and Future Directions of Technologies for Music Instrument Pedagogy Open
Technological advances over the past 50 years or so have resulted in the development of a succession of hardware and software systems intended to improve the quality and effectiveness of Western music instrument pedagogy during classroom i…
View article: Physical modelling synthesis of a harmonium
Physical modelling synthesis of a harmonium Open
In this paper we present recent work on the development of a physical model of the hand harmonium, a bellow driven free reed instrument popular in South Asian music. Western free reed instruments like the accordion, the harmonica, the reed…
View article: Acoustical Analysis of the Chinese Transverse Flute (dizi) using the Transfer Matrix Method
Acoustical Analysis of the Chinese Transverse Flute (dizi) using the Transfer Matrix Method Open
The dizi is a flute-like traditional Chinese wind instrument with a cylindrical bore and a series of holes opening along its length. In addition to the common embouchure hole and six finger holes, there is a membrane hole located between t…
View article: A landmark article on nonlinear time-domain modeling in musical acoustics
A landmark article on nonlinear time-domain modeling in musical acoustics Open
The Reflections series takes a look back on historical articles from The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America that have had a significant impact on the science and practice of acoustics.
View article: Perception of violin soundpost tightness through playing and listening tests
Perception of violin soundpost tightness through playing and listening tests Open
This study involved playing and listening (using recorded sounds) experiments to investigate how changes in soundpost length (for a fixed soundpost position) affect the perceptual qualities of the violin and what the threshold of change is…
View article: Acoustical modeling of the saxophone mouthpiece as a transfer matrix
Acoustical modeling of the saxophone mouthpiece as a transfer matrix Open
This paper proposes an acoustic model of the saxophone mouthpiece as a transfer matrix (TM). The acoustical influence of the mouthpiece is investigated, and the TM mouthpiece model is compared to previously reported mouthpiece representati…
View article: Sounds like melted chocolate: How musicians conceptualize violin sound richness
Sounds like melted chocolate: How musicians conceptualize violin sound richness Open
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View article: Perception of violin soundpost height differences
Perception of violin soundpost height differences Open
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View article: Virtual acoustic rendering by state wave synthesis
Virtual acoustic rendering by state wave synthesis Open
In the context of the class of virtual acoustic simulation techniques that rely on traveling wave rendering as dictated by path-tracing methods (e.g, image-source, ray-tracing, beam-tracing) we introduce State Wave Synthesis (SWS), a novel…
View article: Investigation of the Relationships Between Perceived Qualities and Sound Parameters of Saxophone Reeds
Investigation of the Relationships Between Perceived Qualities and Sound Parameters of Saxophone Reeds Open
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View article: Perceptual evaluation of violins: A psycholinguistic analysis of preference verbal descriptions by experienced musicians
Perceptual evaluation of violins: A psycholinguistic analysis of preference verbal descriptions by experienced musicians Open
In this paper, how the notion of violin quality is conveyed in spontaneous verbalizations by experienced violinists during preference judgments is investigated. The aims of the study were to better understand how musicians conceptualize vi…
View article: On Minimum Bow Force for Bowed Strings
On Minimum Bow Force for Bowed Strings Open
A famous theoretical prediction of the minimum bow force to maintain Helmholtz motion of a bowed string is re-examined to take account of effects associated with resonances of the instrument body. Starting from a more robust assumption of …
View article: Investigating vocal tract modifications during saxophone performance
Investigating vocal tract modifications during saxophone performance Open
Vocal tract resonances are used by single-reed woodwind players for tuning purposes, timbre modification and other musical effects. Using pressure or impedance measurements, the vocal tract influence on saxophone playing has been previousl…
View article: Enhanced Wave-Based Modelling of Musical Strings. Part 2: Bowed Strings
Enhanced Wave-Based Modelling of Musical Strings. Part 2: Bowed Strings Open
An enhanced model of a bowed string is developed, incorporating several new features: realistic damping, detailed coupling of body modes to both polarisations of string motion, coupling to transverse and longitudinal bow-hair motion, and c…
View article: Enhanced Wave-Based Modelling of Musical Strings. Part 1: Plucked Strings
Enhanced Wave-Based Modelling of Musical Strings. Part 1: Plucked Strings Open
A physically-accurate time-domain model for a plucked musical string is developed. The model incorporates detailed dispersion and damping behaviour measured from cello strings, and a detailed description of body response measured from a ce…
View article: Matching of Fundamental Modes at a Junction of a Cylinder and a Truncated Cone; Application to the Calculation of Some Radiation Impedances
Matching of Fundamental Modes at a Junction of a Cylinder and a Truncated Cone; Application to the Calculation of Some Radiation Impedances Open
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View article: In-Vitro and Numerical Investigations of the Influence of a Vocal-Tract Resonance on Lip Auto-Oscillations in Trombone Performance
In-Vitro and Numerical Investigations of the Influence of a Vocal-Tract Resonance on Lip Auto-Oscillations in Trombone Performance Open
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