The acoustics of the bassoon has been the subject of relatively few studies compared with other woodwind instruments. One reason for this may lie in its complicated resonator geometry, which includes irregularly spaced toneholes with chimney heights ranging from 3 to 31 mm. The current article evaluates the effect of the open and closed tonehole lattice (THL) on the acoustic response of the bassoon resonator. It is shown that this response can be divided into three distinct frequency bands that are determined by the open and closed THL: below 500 Hz, 500–2200 Hz, and above 2200 Hz. The first is caused by the stopband of the open THL, where the low frequency effective length of the instrument is determined by the location of the first open tonehole. The second is due to the passband of the open THL, such that the modes are proportional to the total length of the resonator. The third is due to the closed THL, where part of the acoustical power is trapped within the resonator. It is proposed that these three frequency bands impact the radiated spectrum by introducing a formant in the vicinity of 500 Hz and suppressing radiation above 2200 Hz for most first register fingerings.
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July 2021
July 19 2021
The bassoon tonehole lattice: Links between the open and closed holes and the radiated sound spectrum
Erik Alan Petersen;
Erik Alan Petersen
a)
1
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique
, Marseille, France
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Tom Colinot;
Tom Colinot
b)
1
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique
, Marseille, France
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Fabrice Silva;
Fabrice Silva
c)
1
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique
, Marseille, France
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Vincent H.-Turcotte
Vincent H.-Turcotte
2
Université de Montréal
, Montréal, Canada
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Electronic mail: [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0002-4486-5474.
b)
ORCID: 0000-0003-3340-2666.
c)
ORCID: 0000-0001-8178-7308.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 150, 398–409 (2021)
Article history
Received:
February 09 2021
Accepted:
June 28 2021
Citation
Erik Alan Petersen, Tom Colinot, Fabrice Silva, Vincent H.-Turcotte; The bassoon tonehole lattice: Links between the open and closed holes and the radiated sound spectrum. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 July 2021; 150 (1): 398–409. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0005627
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