Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 1997/05

From: Jrykorten@-----.com
Subj: Re: Air : amount,speed,presure etc.
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 22:09:05 -0400

In a message dated 97-05-04 09:21:25 EDT, Cohler writes:

<<
Unfortunately, without the physics and science of music, acoustics and
clarinet playing we are left with the mythology, which is sometimes right
and too often wrong.

This is why I keep advocating (to no avail, of course) that the physics of
music and acoustics should be a required course for all music majors.

For your reading pleasure, below are the excerpts from the original message
that state the important results of the physics. These are the parts that
are in relatively plain English.

---------------
Jonathan Cohler
cohler@-----.net
>>

While your note, Jonathan, about "perceived" loudness was informative and
correct (I am not familiar with psycho-acoustics so I assume it represents
the current state of understanding). You should be clear about the fact that
you are not speaking about physics (what makes something louder is increasing
amplitude), but you are speaking about epistemology (phenomenology?), or what
we know about what we perceive. I guess you might call the effects you
describe "psycho-acoustics"?

Jerry Korten
NYC

   
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