In order to map the spectral characteristics of the large variety of sounds a musical instrument may produce, different notes were performed and sampled in several intensity levels across the whole extension of a clarinet. Amplitude and frequency time-varying curves of partials were measured by Discrete Fourier Transform. A limited set of orthogonal spectral bases was derived by Principal Compo...

This paper presents evaluation results of parametric auralization system. The auralization method, based on imagesource and edge diffraction modeling, is briefly overviewed and evaluation of the auralization quality is performed both subjectively and objectively. As a case study the auralization of a lecture room is considered with three different musical stimuli. The evaluation results show th...

In this paper we present first results on musical instrument classification using an HMM based recognizer. The final goal of our work is to automatically evaluate instruments and to classify them according to their characteristics. The first step in this direction was to train a system that is able to recognize a particular instrument among others of the same kind (e.g. guitars). The recognitio...

Two British secondary schools (one a specialist music school) were surveyed to assess the prevalence of upper limb pain among specialist music students compared with students in a regular school setting. Female students tended to report pain more often than male students, but for both significantly higher prevalence was found in the music school. Pain in the regular school was most often attrib...

Previous studies have been carried out concerning the ability of individuals with normal hearing to discriminate auditory stimuli which have the same fundamental frequency but different spectral content [5]. This study concerns to what extent is it possible to perform the same differentiation considering vibratory tactile stimuli. Being aurally able to distinguish between an A3 note played by a...

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the acoustic effects of the movements of single-reed instrument performers for specific recording conditions. These effects are shown to be mostly resulting from the difference between the time of arrival of the direct sound and that of the first reflection, creating a sort of phasing or flanging effect. Contrary to the case of commercial flangers – wh...