This paper focuses on the oscillation threshold of single reed instruments. Several characteristics such as blowing pressure at threshold, regime selection, and playing frequency are known to change radically when taking into account the reed dynamics and the flow induced by the reed motion. Previous works have shown interesting tendencies, using analytical expressions with simplified models. I...

9 In this work, a technique is presented for estimating the reed pulse from the pressure signal recorded at 10 the bell of a clarinet during performance. The reed pulse is a term given to the typically periodic 11 sequence of bore input pressure pulses, a signal related to the volume flow through a vibrating reed by 12 the characteristic impedance of the aperture to the bore. The problem is sim...

A digital clarinet played by a human and timed by a metronome was used to record two playing control parameters, the breath control and the reed displacement, for 20 repeated performances. The regular behaviour of the parameters was extracted by averaging and the fluctuation was quantified by the standard deviation. It was concluded that the movement of the parameters seem to follow rules. When...