Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 2004/10

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] RE: Some more thoughts on embouchures
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:18:14 -0400


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From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:orm1ondtoby@-----.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:31 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] RE: Some more thoughts on embouchures

Keith Bowen wrote:

> It is the vibration of the whole reed, driven by
> air pressure, that excites the air column in the
> clarinet into oscillation and hence produces
> the sound.

Keith, how would a lay reader interpret the word "excite"?

Would such a reader be sidetracked toward the false conclusion that the
reed is somehow fanning the air, rather than shaping the puffs of air
that enter the mouthpiece?

Ormondtoby,

Excite - might be considered a change in state....

A simple place to learn the fundamentals:
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/soundtoc.html

Adam....go to 'pressure wave' and find a nice reference to Keith's tuning
fork example.

There are many pages like this out on the internet and even more in books.

Forest Aten

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