Klarinet Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2008/09

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Warm Air / Cold Air
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:16:49 -0400

Peter Gentry wrote:
> The scientific explanation is that as air expands it cools, the greater the
> expansion the greater the cooling. However in the clarinet context I would
> be surprised if this effect is large or controllable. In any event the
> airflow will interact with the body of the instrument. So if there is an
> effect it is probably marginal and undetectable to most human ears.

Well, the point I was trying to get at was that real scientific
explanation probably doesn't have a lot to do with all this. There's a
'monkey physics' phenomenon which can be used to get across to a student
some differences in blowing which translate well into getting different
musical results.

It's helpful to know the difference between the real physics and the
monkey physics, but if the monkey physics can get you somewhere useful,
and you are not telling anyone it's anything other than monkey physics,
is it necessarily a problem?

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