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Re: Miks

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2014-05-25 20:48

The flute's sound is generated by the vibration of the airstream passing from the player's lips to the opposite side of the hole. The airstream vibrates up and down (between the top and bottom of the riser), with the frequency determined by the length of the tube, which depends on which keys are open and closed. It's an "air reed."

The recorder is the same. The airstream travels from the end of the windway to the sharp-edged labium. This air reed vibrates by moving from slightly above the labium to slightly below it and then back up.

Other instruments emit sound in other ways. On the clarinet, the vibrating reed excites the air inside the bore, and this vibrating air creates the tone. The sound comes almost entirely from the highest open hole. It's the same for other reed instruments and brass instruments.

For the strings, the string vibration goes into the body of the instrument via the bridge, and the entire body vibrates, along with the air inside the body.

Ken Shaw

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