Musical Acoustics

Clive Greated (c.a.greated@ed.ac.uk)

Supplementary podcasts highlighting aspects discussed in the 'Musical Acoustics' course from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.

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Musical Acoustics

Episodes (11)

Feb 14, 2010 Voice (8 mins, ~7 MB)
Feb 12, 2010 Brass1 (10 mins, ~8 MB)
Feb 12, 2010 Brass 2 (10 mins, ~8 MB)

Musical Acoustics

Feb 14, 2010
7 MB

In singing, air pressure from the lungs is used to set the vocal folds into periodic oscillation producing a pitched sound source at the base of the vocal tract. By changing the positions of the jaw, lips and tongue the resonances of the air in the vocal tract, called vocal formants, can be altered. We perceive the different tone qualities produced as the vowel sounds used in everyday communication. Vocal tract resonances can also be used to help explain how the trained singer can be heard over the sound of an entire orchestra.

Musical Acoustics

Voice (8 mins, ~7 MB)

Clive Greated (c.a.greated@ed.ac.uk)

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