Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 1996/06

From: SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY <GTAYTON@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: clarinet substiution
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 06:28:56 -0400

On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Gregory T. Wright wrote:

> My friends,
> All of the discussion regarding clarinets in various keys playing
music
> intended for clarinets in various (sometimes the SAME) keys, and the timbre
> changes involved, reminds me of a fact of life for synthesizer sound samplers:
> the "formant". I'm not sure if this applies to clarinets or not, but here
goes:
> Formants are areas of pitch which are always emphasized when an
> instrument or voice produces a sound. "Overtones", "harmonics", or "partials"
> are frequencies mathematically related to the fundamental pitch being
produced;
> if that pitch should rise or fall, the overtones do the same, proportionately.
> Formants, on the other hand, are characteristics of the physical body
producing
> the sound. This can be easily understood by thinking of those pioneers of
snip
Greg I think you are onto something significant.
Reminds me of the bulge in the bell of the English horn... a format
contributor ya?
George