Acoustical Aspects of Woodwind Instruments, Revised Edition

Autorentext

C. J. Nederveen

Klappentext

This classic study, now revised and updated, shows how scientific calculations can be used to improve the understanding, design, and tuning of woodwind instruments. A powerful tool for correcting tuning errors in existing instruments and for creating new designs, Nederveen's work has long been a standard in the field of acoustics.
In an extended new chapter, Nederveen analyzes and interprets recent developmeents in research on the acoustics of woodwind instruments. This revised edition, which also contains a new list of symbols and a new subject index, is a necessity for scholars, teachers, and practitioners of music, physics, acoustics, and woodwind design.

Zusammenfassung
A study of how scientific calculations can be used to improve the understanding, design and tuning of woodwind instruments. This edition contains a new chapter which analyzes and interprets developments in acoustics of woodwind instruments.

Inhalt

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. The Excitation Mechanism of Woodwinds
2. Holes and Bore Perturbations
   Examples
3. Addendum: Developments since 1969
   Reference to Addendum
   List of Symbols
   Index