When a musician is presented with an unfamiliar instrument, the natural reaction is to
investigate its properties and musical possibilities. If the instrument in question is a member …

An object of study in mechanics for more than three hundred years, the violin has only
recently been scientifically studied from a perceptual point of view. A range of investigations …

Timbre plays an essential role in transmitting musical affect, and in recent years, our
understanding of emotional expression in music has been enriched by contributions from …

Timbre has been conceived of as a multidimensional sensory attribute and as a carrier of
perceptually useful information about the mechanics of the sound source. To date, research …

The capacity of a brass instrument to generate sounds with strong high-frequency
components is dependent on the extent to which its bore profile supports nonlinear sound …

This paper describes a user-centered design method, which allows the integration of user's
perceptions in different stages of the design process, by taking into account his/her needs …

Optimization methods based on input impedance target functions have been proposed for
the design of brass musical instruments. Criteria for target functions in trombone bore …

An increase in the dynamic level of a brass instrument from forte to fortissimo generally
brings about a change in timbre to a much brighter sound, often described as' brassy'. This …

The brightness of the sound generated by brass instruments at high dynamic level is mainly
due to the essential nonlinearity of the wave propagation in the pipe. The bright instruments …

The aim of this work is to study experimentally the relationship between the resonance
frequencies of the trumpet, extracted from its input impedance, and the playing frequencies …