Overview
- Written by three internationally acknowledged experts in the acoustics and organology of brass instruments who are also experienced brass instrument players
- Provides both an accessible introduction to brass instrument science and a review of recent research results and mathematical modeling techniques
- Represents the first monograph on the science underlying the design and performance of musical instruments of the brass family
Part of the book series: Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing (MASP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Musician’s Experience and the Scientific Perspective
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Front Matter
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Acoustical Modelling of Brasswinds
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Historical Evolution and Taxonomy of Brass Instruments
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Acoustic Modeling Brass Wind Instruments
- Brass Acoustics Science
- Brass Acoustics for Musicians
- Brass Instrument Acoustics
- Brass Instrument Acoustics Monograph
- Brass Instrument Taxonomy
- Buzzing Lips
- Historical Evolution Brass Instruments
- Horn Acoustics
- Internal Propagation Brass Instruments
- Musical Room Acoustics
- Organology
- Psychoacoustics Music Brass
- Sound Radiation Brass Instruments
- Trombone Acoustics
- Trumpet Acoustics
- Tuba Acoustics
About this book
This book provides an in-depth account of the fascinating but far from simple actions and processes that take place when a brass instrument is played. Written by three leading researchers in brass instrument acoustics who are also experienced brass players, it draws together the many recent advances in our understanding of the subtly interrelated factors shaping the musician's control of the instrument's sound. The reader is introduced to models of sound generation, propagation and radiation. In particular, the current understanding of the behaviour of the player's lips, the modes of vibration of the air column inside the instrument, and the radiation of sound from a brass instrument bell are explained. The functions of the mouthpiece and of mutes are discussed. Spectral enrichment arising from nonlinear propagation of the internal sound wave in loud playing is shown to be an important influence on the timbre of many types of brass instrument. The characteristics of brass instruments in contemporary use (including cornets, trumpets, french horns, trombones and tubas) are identified, and related to those of the great variety of instruments at earlier stages in the evolution of the brass family. This copiously illustrated book concludes with case studies of the recreation of ancient instruments and some of the current applications of electronics and information technology to brass instrument performance. While most of the material presented is accessible by a general readership, the topic of musical instrument modelling is developed at a mathematical level which makes it a useful academic resource for advanced teaching and research.
- Written by three internationally acknowledged experts in the acoustics and organology of brass instruments who are also experienced brass instrument players.
- Provides both an accessible introduction to brass instrument science and a review of recent research results and mathematical modeling techniques
- Represents the first monograph on the science underlying the design and performance of musical instruments of the brass family
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Science of Brass Instruments
Authors: Murray Campbell, Joël Gilbert, Arnold Myers
Series Title: Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55686-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55684-6Published: 20 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55686-0Published: 19 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2364-4915
Series E-ISSN: 2364-4923
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 443
Number of Illustrations: 186 illustrations in colour
Topics: Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory