St Andrews Research Repository

St Andrews University Home
View Item 
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  • Login
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Measuring the effect of the reflection of sound from the lips in brass musical instruments

Thumbnail
View/Open
Kemp_acoustics_2012_Nantes_final.pdf (1.016Mb)
Date
04/2012
Author
Kemp, Jonathan A
Smith, Richard
Keywords
Reflectance measurement
Trumpet
Brass
Lips
QC Physics
ML Literature of music
Metadata
Show full item record
Altmetrics Handle Statistics
Abstract
The lips of the player are often assumed to perfectly reflect sounds that strike them. Experimental and theoretical calculations of input impedance demonstrate the pressure that would build up if a flat, perfectly reflecting volume velocity source were used to excite the air into vibration. In reality the lips should project slightly into the instrument mouthpiece and absorb a small amount of the energy that strikes them and this study will quantify this effect using wave separation/impedance apparatus. For closed lips it is expected that the strength of resonances will be reduced, but that the correction will be small. The condition for reflection from lips that are not fully closed will differ more significantly from perfect reflection and it is anticipated that this data will be useful for integration into physical models of brass instruments.
Citation
Kemp , J A & Smith , R 2012 , ' Measuring the effect of the reflection of sound from the lips in brass musical instruments ' , Paper presented at Acoustics 2012 Joint meeting : 11th Congrès Français d'Acoustique and 2012 IOA annual meeting , Nantes , France , 23/04/12 - 27/04/12 pp. 1767-1773 .
 
conference
 
Publication
 
Status
Non peer reviewed
Type
Conference paper
Collections
  • University of St Andrews Research
URL
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/view_by_stamp.php?&halsid=qour7u5cg8fe6ed70mgul1e380&label=ACOUSTICS2012&langue=en&action_todo=view&id=hal-00811175&version=1
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3481

Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Advanced Search

Browse

All of RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateNamesTitlesSubjectsClassificationTypeFunderThis CollectionBy Issue DateNamesTitlesSubjectsClassificationTypeFunder

My Account

Login

Open Access

To find out how you can benefit from open access to research, see our library web pages and Open Access blog. For open access help contact: openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Accessibility

Read our Accessibility statement.

How to submit research papers

The full text of research papers can be submitted to the repository via Pure, the University's research information system. For help see our guide: How to deposit in Pure.

Electronic thesis deposit

Help with deposit.

Repository help

For repository help contact: Digital-Repository@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Give Feedback

Cookie policy

This site may use cookies. Please see Terms and Conditions.

Usage statistics

COUNTER-compliant statistics on downloads from the repository are available from the IRUS-UK Service. Contact us for information.

© University of St Andrews Library

University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter