Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102340

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102340

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The acoustics of reed instruments during transients and vibrato: elements of excellence. In the hands and mouth of an expert player, a woodwind reed instrument (for example, clarinet and oboe) can produce a subtle and beautiful sound. Using techniques only available in this lab, this project will determine the physics of the interactions between a player's vocal tract, the vibrating reed and the instrument bore. The project will determine how an expert player can control the initial, final and slurred transients that give grace, elegance and other desired qualities. The project will also study how sustained notes vary with time, with special attention to timbre vibrato, which gives 'warmth' and a lively, 'glowing' quality to their sound. This study will yield important practical results, which can be converted into advances in music teaching.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2014

End Date: 30-11-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $379,490.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Classical Physics | Biological Physics | Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified | Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves | Biological Physics | Classical Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified | Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified

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