Retrospective and prospective studies were used to assess the numbers, types and persistence of microbes that contaminate wind instruments. All previously played instruments (n = 20) harbored viable bacteria as well as mold and/or yeast. Reedinstruments consistently carried higher microbial loads than did flutes or trumpets. Instruments played within the previous three days bore typical mouth f...

The effects of three practice schedules on beginning instrumental achievement were explored. A total of 19 seventhgrade clarinet and saxophone students completed one 18-minute practice session using either a blocked schedule causing a low level of cognitive (contextual) interference, a hybrid schedule causing a moderate level of interference, or a serial schedule causing a high level of interfe...

A novel filter configuration for the analysis of harmonic musical signals is proposed. The method is based on inverse comb filtering that allows for the extraction of selected harmonic components or the background noise component between the harmonic spectral components. A highly accurate delay required in the inverse comb filter is implemented with a high-order allpass filter. The paper shows ...

Enstrüman icracıları için başarılı performans sergileyebilmek, doğru enstrüman ve ekipman kullanımıyla paralel olarak ilerleyen bir süreçtir. İcracı uygun seçimi bu bağlamda büyük önem taşımaktadır. Üflemeli olan si bemol klarnet da, kendilerini müzikal açıdan ifade etmenin en iyi yolunu bulmak farklı arayışlara girmektedirler. Enstrümandan çıkan tonun ses renginin önce kendisine daha sonra da ...

A novel system that analyzes timbral information of a live clarinet performance for expressive musical gesture is presented. This work is motivated by the growing need to accurately describe the subtle gestures and nuances of single-line acoustic instrument performances. MIDI has successfully satisfied this need for percussion-type instruments, such as the piano. However, a method for extractin...