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| Title: | Medieval and Renaissance Wind Instruments Physics |
| Contributor: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Author: | Paul Of Krae Glas |
| Description: | A wind instrument is a resonant tube excited by some excitation mechanism. Reflected pressure pulses from the tube in turn prod the excitation mechanism into producing further pulses of pressure. The physics of resonant tubes produces a limited set of possibilities which we can use to catalogue instruments. Resonant tubes respond linearly to excitation and are easy to model. For example, we can compute the correct places to put finger holes fairly easily. The excitation mechanism is non-linear and defines much of the unique character of each instrument. Reed instruments behave as though one end of the resonant tube is closed, while flute and recorder-like instruments behave as though both ends of the tube are open. Type of resonant tube Cylindrical bore Conical bore Excitation mechanisms Open both ends Fundamental wavelength = 2 x length flute-like: |
| URI: | https://www.amad.org/jspui/handle/123456789/71241 |
| Other Identifier: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.177.9000 http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh-files/design/Medieval_Wind_Instruments.pdf |
| AMAD ID: | 568091 |
| Appears in Collections: | BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) General history of Europe |
