经验丰富的萨克斯演奏家学会调整他们的声道
Jer Ming Chen1, John Smith, Joe Wolfe
1School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
概括
声道共振与萨克斯风演奏的音符并不一致,除了altissimo范围,专业人士在目标音符略高于目标音符的强共振调节. 业余爱好者在这种高射程下扎.
科学领域:
- 声学 声学 在声学方面
- 乐器表演 乐器表演
- 生物声学是一种生物声学.
背景情况:
- 声道共振在吹风乐器演奏中的作用,特别是单管和萨克斯风,一直是声学家之间的长期辩论.
- 以前的研究假设演奏者声道声学与产生的音乐音符之间存在联系,但在表演期间缺乏直接测量.
研究的目的:
- 直接测量萨克斯演奏者在演奏乐器时的声道共振.
- 为了研究声道共振与萨克斯风在整个音程中产生的音符之间的关系.
- 识别专业和业余玩家之间的共振调差异,特别是在具有挑战性的注册表中.
主要方法:
- 使用专用设备在现场萨克斯风表演期间直接测量声道共振.
- 与正在播放的特定音符相关的共振频率的分析.
- 专业和业余萨克斯演奏者之间的声学数据的比较.
主要成果:
- 对于大部分萨克斯风的演奏范围,声道共振与演奏的音符之间没有简单的相关性.
- 在不同玩家之间观察到声道共振的显著变化.
- 在altissimo (高) 音域中,专业的萨克斯演奏者表现出一种强烈的声道共振,系统地调节在预期音符稍高一些.
结论:
- 声道共振在萨克斯风的一般演奏中起着有限的作用,在演奏者之间有相当大的变化.
- 在目标音调以上的声道共振的特定调对于达到高音域的音符至关重要,它将专业演奏者与业余演奏者区分开来.
- 这一发现突出了先进的萨克斯演奏者在高音量表现中使用的专用声学技术.
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