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An Investigation Of Clarinet Playing Using A Sensor-Equipped Mouthpiece, Camille Adkison
An Investigation Of Clarinet Playing Using A Sensor-Equipped Mouthpiece, Camille Adkison
Honors Program Theses
The purpose of this study is to characterize clarinet playing techniques through measurements of the pressure in the clarinet mouthpiece while a musician plays and to investigate the methods by which clarinet players transition from note to note, termed articulations. The results provide information about the clarinet-player system that can be incorporated in future models of the clarinet. The work reported here involves the use of a recent technological development, the sensor-equipped mouthpiece. Using the sensor-equipped mouthpiece, researchers are able to record pressure in the musician's mouth and the clarinet mouthpiece. Six clarinet players of varying experience levels were asked …
Practice Room Acoustics: What Matters To Musicians About The Practice Space, Yu-Tien Chou
Practice Room Acoustics: What Matters To Musicians About The Practice Space, Yu-Tien Chou
Senior Projects Spring 2019
Why do people always prefer the practice room in the corner on the second floor than the others? What’s the reason why string players often go for the “dryer” room than the wind players? Wondering why brass players often occupy the resonant room? This paper is here to decipher all the mysteries behind all of the questions above by the acoustic analysis suggested by Bonnelo and the other supplying papers on sound absorbing materials. The question to be answered is how the rooms are different from each other in terms of their dimensions and damping surfaces. Eventually, construct a criteria …
Two Notes On A Piano, Samuel Thomas
Two Notes On A Piano, Samuel Thomas
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
In an increasingly digital world, the analog tends to be neglected in exchange for the convenience and precision of digital devices. However, many analog systems exhibit physical phenomena that can be difficult to reproduce digitally. The purpose of this project is to explore the piano and parts of its sonic character that are not currently accounted for in digital systems. Specifically, when multiple notes are being propagated on a soundboard, they affect each other’s tone because each one changes the state of the soundboard. The effect is evident in the partials of each note: the partials (not quite harmonics but …
Construction And Enhancement Of Stereo Vacuum Tube Amplifier With Precision Machined Enclosure, Nikolaus (Nik) Glazar
Construction And Enhancement Of Stereo Vacuum Tube Amplifier With Precision Machined Enclosure, Nikolaus (Nik) Glazar
Physics
The purpose of this project was to build a high fidelity tube amplifier from a kit, and machine a beautiful enclosure to house the electronics. Improvements were made to the circuit, and the amplifier was then tested for audio performance.