Publications in voice and music acoustics 
             
            
This page has only publications in the field of acoustics from the UNSW team. The two academic staff of the Music Acoustics Lab work also in biophysics. See John Smith's page  and the publications of Joe Wolfe . The following links are to the pages of the current and recent research staff in the group, which include their prior research: André Almeida , Maëva Garnier  and Weicong Li .  
             
            Peer-reviewed journal articles             
            
              Almeida, A., Wolfe, J, Li, W., Schubert, E., and Smith, J. (2025) "How clarinettists vary amplitude, frequency, spectral features and microtiming to play music expressively " J. New Music Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2025.2539102 .
				 Wolfe, J., Boutin, H., Hanna N. and Smith, J. (2024) "What might the trombone teach us about the singing voice?—a tutorial review " J. Voice, peer reviewed article in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.02.006 
				Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Smith, J and Wolfe, J. (2023) "Recording and analysing physical control variables used in clarinet playing: A musical instrument performance capture and analysis toolbox (MIPCAT) ", Frontiers in Signal Processing, 3 , dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsip.2023.1089366   
              Garnier, M., Smith, J., Wolfe, J. (2022) "Lip hyper-articulation in loud voice: Effect on resonance-harmonic proximity ", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 152 , 3695 - 3705, dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0016595   
     Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe J. (2022) "Expressive goals for performing musicians: The case of clarinetists ", Musicae Scientiae, dx.doi.org/10.1177/10298649221122155  
		
		Almeida, A., Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2021) "Timbre Vibrato Perception and Description ", Music Perception , 38 , 282-292. 
              Jeanneteau, M., Hanna, N., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "Using visual feedback to tune the second vocal tract resonance for singing in the high soprano range ",  Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 47 , 25-34 DOI: 10.1080/14015439.2020.1834612  
              Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "‘Warming up’ a wind instrument: The time-dependent effects of exhaled air on the resonances of a trombone "            
                J. Acoust. Soc. America, 148 , 1817-1823. Copyright (2020) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  .                Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "Trombone lip mechanics with inertive and compliant loads ("lipping up and down") "            
                J. Acoust. Soc. America, 147 , 4133-4144. Copyright (2020) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 
               Wolfe, J., & Sushkov, O. P. (2019). "The sound of black holes fusing ." Nature Physics, 15 , 1206.
               Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "How the acoustic resonances of the subglottal tract affect the impedance spectrum measured through the lips " J. Acoust. Soc. America, 143 , 2639-2650. Copyright (2018) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 
               Almeida, A., Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "The mechanism for initial transients on the clarinet " J. Acoust. Soc. America, 142 , 3376-3386.
                Copyright (2017) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 
               Almeida, A., Schubert, E., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "Brightness scaling of periodic tones" Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics  , https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1394-6.               
               Wade, L. Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "The role of vocal tract and subglottal resonances in producing vocal instabilities " J. Acoust. Soc. America, 141 , 1546-1559. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 
               Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "The effect of blowing pressure, lip force and tonguing on transients: A study using a clarinet-playing machine " J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 140 , 1089–1100. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).                             
               Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Frequencies, bandwidths and magnitudes of vocal tract and surrounding tissue resonances, measured through the lips during phonation " J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 139 , 2924–2936. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).               
               Wolfe, J., Chu, D., Chen, J.-M. and Smith J.  (2016) "An experimentally measured Source-Filter model: glottal flow, vocal tract gain and radiated sound from a physical model ," Acoust. Australia , 44 , 187–191.
               Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "How clarinettists articulate: The effect of blowing pressure and tonguing on initial and final transients " J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 139 , 825-838. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article  may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).               
                Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Voicelikeness of musical instruments: A literature review of acoustical, psychological and expressiveness perspectives " Musicae Scientiae , 20 , 248-262. DOI: 10.1177/1029864916631393.             
               Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Laryngeal flow due to longitudinal sweeping motion of the vocal folds and its contribution to auto-oscillation " J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 138 , 146-149. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article  may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ). 
               Johnson-Read, L., Chmiel, A. Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Performing lieder: expert perspectives and comparison of vibrato and singer's formant with opera singers ". J. Voice , 29 , 645.e15-645.e32, doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2014.10.020
               Boutin, H., Fletcher, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Relationships between pressure, flow, lip motion, and upstream and downstream impedances for the trombone " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 137 , 1195-1209. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).                
               Li, W., Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Effect of vocal tract resonances on the sound spectrum of the saxophone " Acta Acustica united with Acustica , 101 , 270-278.
               Wolfe, J., Fletcher, N.H. and Smith, J. (2015) "Interactions between wind instruments and their players " Acta Acustica united with Acustica , 101 , 211-223.
               Titze, I. R., Baken, R. J., Bozeman, K. W., Granqvist, S., Henrich, N., Herbst, C. T., Howard, D. M., Hunter, E. J., Kaelin, D., Kent, R. D., Kreiman, J., Kob, M., Löfqvist, A., McCoy, S., Miller, D. G., Noé, H., Ronald C., Scherer, R. C., Smith, J. R., Story, B. H., Švec, J. G., Ternström, S., Wolfe, J. (2015) “Toward a consensus on symbolic notation of harmonics, resonances, and formants in vocalization ” J. Acoust. Soc. Am . 137 , 3005-3007. 
               Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Producing undistorted acoustic sine waves " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 135 , 1665-1667. Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  135 , 1665-1667) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).  
               Henrich Bernadoni, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: variation with laryngeal mechanism for male operatic singers " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 135 , 491-501. Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  135 , 491-501) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).                
               Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "The effect of nearby timpani strokes on horn playing " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 135 , 472-478.  
                Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  135 , 472-478) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ). 
               Almeida, A., George, D., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "The clarinet: How blowing pressure, lip force, lip position and reed “hardness” affect pitch, sound level, and spectrum "  J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 134 , 2247-2255. Copyright (2013) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  134 , 2247-2255) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).             
               
               Chu, D.T.W., Li, K., Epps, J., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Experimental evaluation of inverse filtering using physical systems with known glottal flow and tract characteristics " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 133 , EL358-362.
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               Ghonim, A., Lim, J., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J.  (2013) "The division of the perceptual vowel plane for different accents of English and the characteristic separation required to distinguish vowels " Acoustics Australia , 41 , 160-164.             
               Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "The rise of fixed pitch systems and the slide of continuous pitch: A note for emotion in music research about portamento ", J. Interdisciplinary Music Studies . Bourne, T. and Garnier, M. (2012) "Physiological and acoustic characteristics of the female music theater voice " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 131 , 1586-1594.
                Copyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  131 , 1586-1594) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).  
               Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Crevier-Buchman, L., Vincent, C., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Glottal behavior in the high soprano range and the transition to the whistle register " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 131 , 951-962. Copyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  131 , 951-962) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).                
               Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Do trumpet players tune resonances of the vocal tract? " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 131 , 722-727.
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               Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: Strategies used by sopranos, 
altos, tenors, and baritones " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 129 , 1024-1035.
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               Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Saxophonists tune vocal tract resonances in advanced performance techniques " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 129 , 415-426.
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               Kob, M. Henrich, N. Howard, D., Herzel, H., Tokuda, I. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Analysing and understanding the singing voice: recent progress and open questions " Current Bioinformatics.  6 , 362-374.
 Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Vocal tract adjustments in the high soprano range " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 127 , 3771-3780.
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  Swerdlin, Y., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The effect of whisper and creak vocal mechanisms on vocal tract resonances " J. Acoust. Soc. America  . 127 , 2590-2598.
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 Ghonim, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "An automated web technique for a large-scale study of perceived vowels in regional varieties of English ." Acoustics Australia , 38 , 152-155.
 Wolfe, J.  and Schubert, E. (2010) "Did non-vocal instrument characteristics influence modern singing " Musica Humana , 2 , 121–138.
 Almeida, A., Chow, R, Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "The kinetics and acoustics of fingering and note transitions on the flute ” J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 126 , 1521-1529.
  Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  126 , 1521-1529) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).  
 Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Pitch bending and glissandi  on the clarinet: roles of the vocal tract and partial tone hole closure " J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 126 , 1511-1520. Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  126 , 1511-1520) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).  
 Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Vowel-pitch matching in Wagner's operas: implications for intelligibility and ease of singing ", JASA Express Letters, J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 125 , EL196. Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  125 , EL196) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
Wolfe, J., Garnier, M. and Smith, J. (2009) "Vocal tract resonances in speech, singing and playing musical instruments " Human Frontier Science Program Journal , 3 , 6-23. 
 Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Saxophone acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra " Acoustics Australia , 37 , 18-23. 
Chen, J.M., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Experienced saxophonists learn to tune their vocal tracts ", Science  , 319 , 776. 
Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2008) "Acoustical coupling between lip valves and vocal folds ", Acoustics Australia , 36 , 23-27. 
Dickens, P., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Improved precision measurements of acoustic impedance spectra using resonance-free calibration loads and controlled error distribution ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 121 , 1471-1481. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  121 , 1471-1481) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
Kulik, Y. (2007) "Transfer matrix of conical waveguides with any geometric parameters for increased precision in computer modeling ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  ,  122 , EL179-EL184. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  122 , EL179-EL184) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
Smith, J., Rey, G., Dickens. P., Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki): III. Determinants to playing quality ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 121 , 547-558. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  121 , 547-558) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
Henrich, N., Kiek, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Resonance strategies in Bulgarian women's singing ", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology , 32 , 171-177. 
Schneider, M., Smith, J., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Branched ducts and the didjeriduo ", Acoustics Australia , 35 , 51-55. 
Dickens, P., France, R., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J.  (2007) "Clarinet acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra ". Acoustics Australia , 35 , 17-24. 
Botros, A., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "The Virtual Flute: An advanced fingering guide generated via machine intelligence ", J. New Music Research , 35 , 183-196. 
              Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "Does Timbral Brightness Scale with Frequency and Spectral Centroid? ",Acta Acustica united with Acustica , 92 , 820-825. 
              Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2006)"Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) I: Experiment ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 119 , 1194-1204. Copyright (2006) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  119 , 1194-1204) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
              Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) II: Theory ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 119 , 1205-1213. Copyright (2006) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  119 , 1205-121) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
              Wolfe, J. and Hatsidimitris, G. (2006) "Introduction to relativity: a multi-level, multi-media resource ", Teaching Science , 52 , 28-31.               Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005)  "The vocal tract and the sound of a didgeridoo ". Nature , 436 , 39. 
              Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "How do clarinet players adjust the resonances of their vocal tracts for different playing effects? ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 118 , 3306-3315. Copyright (2005) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  118 , 3306-3315) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
              Bavu, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Torsional waves in a bowed string ". Acustica , 91 , 241-246. 
              Inta, R., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J.  (2005) "Measurement of the effect on violins of ageing and playing ". Acoustics Australia , 33 , 25-29. 
              Fletcher, N.H., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Acoustic impedance measurements - correction for probe geometry mismatch ". J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 117 , 2889-2895. Copyright (2005) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  117 , 2889-2895) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ,).   
              Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos ", Nature , 427 , 116. 
              Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: the soprano voice ", J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 116 , 2434-2439. Copyright (2004) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  116 , 2434-2439) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ,).   
              Donaldson, T., Wang, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Vocal tract resonances: a preliminary study of sex differences for young Australians ", Acoustics Australia , 31 , 95-98. 
              Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2003) "Cut 
                off frequencies and cross fingering in baroque, classical and 
                modern flutes "J. Acoust. Soc. America  , 114 , 
                2263-2272. Copyright (2003) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA  114 , 
                2263-2272) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America  ).   
              Lavan, D., Hogg, S. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Why 
                do bell plates ring? ". Acoustics Australia , 31, 55-58. 31 , 
                55-58 
              Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2002) "The 
                virtual Boehm flute--a web service that predicts multiphonics, 
                microtones and alternative fingerings ", Acoustics Australia , 
                30 , 61-65. 
              Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustic 
                impedance of classical and modern flutes " Journal of Sound 
                and Vibration  , 243 , 127-144. 
              Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustics 
                of classical and modern flutes: a compendium of impedance spectra, 
                sound spectra, sounds and fingerings " JSV+. Electronic supplement. Originally at
				http://journals.harcourt-international.com/journals/jsv/supplementary/suppindex.htm, now here . 
              Wolfe, J., Carter, P., Parker, S., Fearn, R., and Frampton, 
                N. (Patent, 2001) "Multirate 
                cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus ". (International 
                publication date: 18/1/2001; priority date: 13/7/1999). Australia 
                (App'n No 56652/00), Canada (TBA), Japan (TBA), US (TBA) and Europe 
                (Appn No 00941808.8) 
              Fearn, R, Carter, P. and Wolfe, J. (1999) "The 
                perception of pitch by users of cochlear implants: possible significance 
                for rate and place theories of pitch "; Acoustics Australia , 
                27 , 41-43. 
              Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1998) "Learning 
                to pronounce vowel sounds in a foreign language using acoustic 
                measurements of the vocal tract as feedback in real time ". 
                Language and Speech , 41 , 1-20. 
              Harjono, R.D. and Dunlop, J. I. (1998) "Acoustical Properties 
                of some Australian and Indonesian woods." Catgut Acoustical 
                Soc. J.  3,  10-14. 
              Smith, JR, Henrich, N and Wolfe, J (1997) "The 
                acoustic impedance of the Boehm flute: standard and some non-standard 
                fingerings"  Proc. Inst. Acoustics  19,  315-330. 
              Epps, J., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "A novel instrument to measure acoustic resonances of the vocal tract during speech " 
                Measurement Science and Technology  8,  1112-1121. 
				Smith JR (1995) "Phasing of harmonic components to optimize measured signal-to-noise ratios of transfer functions , Measurement Science and Technology  6 , 1343-1348  
			  
Book chapters 
  
      Wolfe, J. (2022) "Woodwind and Brass Instruments ", in Gary E. McPherson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2, Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190058869.013.16  
      Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "The mechanics and acoustics of the singing voice: registers, resonances and the source-filter interaction ",  in The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development ,  Russo, F.A., Ilari, B., Cohen, A.J. editors. Taylor & Francis .  
	Wolfe, J. (2012) "Musical sounds and musical signals " in Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music . A. Brown
 (ed.)  ISBN 13: 978-1-4438-3912-9. This has a web appendix "Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals "
       
	 
            Theses 
Li, Weicong. (2016) The physics of playing clarinet and saxophone: how players control articulation and timbre  . Hanna, Noel. (2014) Investigations of the acoustics of the vocal tract and vocal folds in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro . 
     
  (Thesis in cotutelle: The University of New South Wales et l'Université de Grenoble.) 
 Chen, Jer-Ming. (2009) Vocal tract interactions in woodwind performance  .
 McLennan, John (2009) The violin: music acoustics from baroque to romantic  .
 McLennan, John. (2017) The Soundpost in the violin  . This small volume contains six of John's papers and some introductory material. Available as e-book or hardcopy from www.Xlibris.com .
 Dickens, Paul. (2007) Flute acoustics: measurement, modelling and design  
 Inta, Ra. (2007) The acoustics of the steel string guitar  .
 Fritz, Claudia. (2004) La clarinette et le clarinettiste : Influence du conduit vocal sur la production du son  . 
  (Thesis in cotutelle: Université Pierre et Marie Curie and The University of New South Wales.) 
 Botros, Andrew (2001)  Data Mining for Alternate Fingerings and Multiphonics of the Modern Flute  . (More on this project here .)
 Fearn, Robert. (2001) Music and pitch perception of cochlear implant recipients  .
  
Conference papers 
   
	Wolfe, J. and Smith, J.(2023) "A review of didjeridu (didgeridoo) acoustics " Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035004. doi.org/10.1121/2.0001868 .
	 Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2023) "MIPCAT - A Music Instrument Performance Capture and Analysis Toolbox " In D’Amario S, Ternström S, Friberg A (Eds.), Proc Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 2023, 14-15 June 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 126-133. DOI: 10.30746/978-91-8040-865-3, ISBN: 978-91-8040-865-3.
 Li, W., Almeida, A., Schubert, E., Smith, J. and  Wolfe, J. (2023) "How a Clarinettist Conveys Emotion in Music Playing: Measuring Player Gestures and Signal Parameters Using a New Toolbox " In D’Amario S, Ternström S, Friberg A (Eds.), Proc Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 2023, 14-15 June 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 134-139. DOI: 10.30746/978-91-8040-865-3, ISBN: 978-91-8040-865-3.
   Jeanneteau, M., Hanna, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "A real-time feedback system for vocal tract tuning. " International Symposium of Music Acoustics, Detmold, Germany. 
     
  Almeida, A., Li, W., Inwood, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "Clarinet tonguing: the mechanism for transient production. " International Symposium of Music Acoustics, Detmold, Germany. 
     
  Almeida, A., Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "Modelling the spectral evolution of transients in wind instruments. " 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. Montreal.  
  Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "The acoustics of the trombone: how do players lip up and down? " 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. Montreal.   
  Rodriguez, A., Hanna, N., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "Estimation of vocal tract and trachea area functions from impedance spectra measured through the lips " Proc. 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. ISSN 2207-1296. pp 77-80. doi.org/10.26190/asf1-sm30.
   Lehoux, H., Almeida, A., Hanna, N., Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2018) "Estimating pressure and flow at the glottis in a vocal tract-like duct from microphone measurements at the mouth " Proc. 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. ISSN 2207-1296. pp 81-84. doi.org/10.26190/ybnv-8146.
 
  Wade, L., Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Soprano singing, with and without resonances " Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 28 (1), 035002, http://asa.scitation.org/ doi.org/10.1121/2.0000354 . Hanna, N., Amatoury, J., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "How long is a vocal tract? Comparison of acoustic impedance spectrometry with magnetic resonance imagin g" Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 28 (1), 060001 http://asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/2.0000400  Almeida, A. (2016) "Non-stationary tones in reed instruments: A sequence of stationary states? ", The International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics, La Plata, Buenos Aires. F. Miyara, ed. paper 85.
 Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J.(2016) "Controlling the transients and timbre on single reed instruments ", The International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics, La Plata, Buenos Aires. F. Miyara, ed. paper 86. Smith, J., Chu, D. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "You can't measure it but you can know it: precisely synthesising acoustic flow " Acoustics 2015, Hunter Valley, Australia, paper 72.
 Wolfe, J. (2014) "Circle of Fourths: an orchestral overture ", in The Art of Physics  , Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra, December 2014.
 Boutin H., Fletcher N., Smith J. and Wolfe J. (2014) "Lipping down on the trombone: phases of lip motion and pressures ", ISMA2014, Le Mans, 
France, pp. 119-124. 
 Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Tongue control and its coordination with blowing pressure in clarinet playing ", ISMA2014, Le Mans, France, pp. 541-546.
 Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Tongue, lip and breath interactions in clarinet playing: a study using a playing machine ", ICSV21, Beijing, pp. 321-329.
 Boutin, H., Fletcher, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Lip motion, the playing frequency of the trombone and upstream and downstream impedances " SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 483-489.
 Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Timpani-horn interactions at the player's lip s" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 490-494.
 Li, W., Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Vocal tract effects on the timbre of the saxophone " SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp 415-418.
 Smith, J., Wolfe, J., Henrich, H. and Garnier, M. (2013) "Diverse resonance tuning strategies for women singers " SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 306-310.
 Wolfe, J., Almeida, A., Chen, J.-M., George, D., Hanna, N. and Smith, J. (2013) "The player-wind instrument interaction " SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp 323-330.
 Wolfe, J., Hatsidimitris, G., Smith, J. and Tann, J. (2013) "Teaching physics via the web using music acoustics " SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 668-672.
 Hanna, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Low frequency response of the vocal tract: acoustic and mechanical resonances and their losses " in Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Proc. Ann. Conf. Aust. Acoustical Soc., McGinn, T. (ed)   
 Wolfe, J. and, Schubert, E. (2012) "Stable, quantised pitch in singing and instrumental music: signals, acoustics and possible origins "  in Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Proc. Ann. Conf. Aust. Acoustical Soc., McGinn, T. (ed)
 Smith, J., Henrich, N., Garnier, M. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "The acoustics of registers and resonances in singing " Proc. Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, D.J. Mee and I.D.M. Hillock, editors.
 Smith, J., Rey, G. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Correlations among subjective performance qualities 
and objective acoustical parameters of the didjeridu " Proc. Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, D.J. Mee and I.D.M. Hillock, editors.
 Wolfe, J., Chen, J.M. and Smith, J. (2010) "The acoustics of wind instruments  – and of the musicians who play them " Int. Cong. Acoustics, Sydney, 2010. M. Burgess, editor. (Plenary lecture)
 Dickens, P., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Improved method of measuring reflection or impedance spectra using adapted signal spectra and resonance-free calibrations " Int. Cong. Acoustics, Sydney, 2010. M. Burgess, editor.
 Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Wagner's music is even better than it sounds: resonance tuning produced by matching vowels with pitch " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Bourne, T. and Garnier, M. (2010) "Physiological and Acoustic Characteristics of the Female Music Theatre Voice in ‘belt’ and ‘legit’ qualities " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Wollman, I., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The low down on the double bass: looking for the effects of torsional modes " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Dell, N., James, R., Davidson, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The effect of hand and mute on the impedance spectra of the horn " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The tuning of vocal resonances and the upper limit to the high soprano range " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "How players use their vocal tracts in advanced clarinet and saxophone performance " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Alméida, A., Lemare, J., Sheahan, M., Judge, J., Auvray, R., Dang, K.S., John, S., Geoffoy, J., Katupitiya, J., Santus, P., Skougarevsky, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Clarinet parameter cartography: automatic mapping of the sound produced as a function of blowing pressure and reed force " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Almeida, A. Deviliers, M. Chow, R., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Practice makes less imperfect: the effects of experience and practice on the kinetics and coordination of flutists' 
fingers " Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
 Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Wagner’s music is even better than it sounds : implications of vowel-pitch matching for intelligibility and ease of singing" In Second International Conference on Music Communication Science,  Sydney.
 Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "How to play the first bar of Rhapsody in Blue  ", Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
 Schneider, M., Smith, J and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Improving the quality of a simple plastic ‘didjeridu’ " Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
 Garnier, M., Wolfe, J., Henrich, N. and Smith, J. (2008) "Interrelationship between vocal effort and vocal tract acoustics: a pilot study ", INTERSPEECH-2008, pp. 2302-2305.
 Wolfe, J. (2007) "Speech and music: acoustics and signals and the relation between them " Inaugural Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney. pp 176-179. E. Schubert, K. Buckley, R. Eliott, B. Koboroff, J. Chen and C. Stevens (eds).
 Smith, J., Henrich, N. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Resonance tuning in singing", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
               Chen, J-M., Laurin, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in recorder performance", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid. 
               Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., and Smith, J. (2007) "The acoustics of the player-didjeridu system", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid. 
               Smith, J., Rey, G. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "What makes a good didjeridu?", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds. 
               Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in saxophone performance", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds. 
               Wolfe, J., Henrich, N., Kiek, M. and Smith, J. (2007) "Seriously loud and noticeably different: the acoustics of Bulgarian women’s singing style", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.               
               Schneider, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe J. (2007) "The 'didjeriduo': musical implications of a three-port branched duct " International Conference on Sound and Vibration.
               Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "The role of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing wind instruments". in "Acoustics in a changing environment". ed T. McMinn. Publishers Australian Acoustical Society.  (ISBN 0-900882-23-1) 297 - 303.
               Schubert, E., Wolfe, J. and Tarnopolsky, A. (2004) "Spectral centroid and timbre in complex, multiple instrumental textures" International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, NorthWestern University, Illinois. (Lipscomb, S.D, Ashley, R., Gjerdingen, R.O. and Webster, P., eds.) 654-657. 
              Bavu, E., Yew, M., Plaçais, P-Y, Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Rotational and translational waves in a bowed string", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 100-103. 
              Lavan, D, Hogg, S and Wolfe, J. (2004) "The acoustics of bell plates", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. (Invited paper) pp 308-311.  
              Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Direct measurements of the tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 171-174. 
              Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "The 
                'Virtual Flute': acoustics modelling at the service of players 
                and composers ". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 
                (SMAC 03) , (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 247-250. 
              Fritz, C., Wolfe, J., Kergomard, J. and Caussé, R. (2003) "Playing 
                frequency shift due to the interaction between the vocal tract 
                of the musician and the clarinet ". Proc. Stockholm Music 
                Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03) , (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, 
                Sweden. 263-266. 
              Smith, J., Wolfe, J. and Green, M. (2003) "Head 
                joint, embouchure hole and filtering effects on the input impedance 
                of flutes ". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 
                (SMAC 03) , (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 295-298. 
              Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A.Z., Fletcher, N.H., Hollenberg, L.C.L. 
                and Smith, J. (2003) "Some effects of the player's vocal tract and tongue on wind instrument sound ". Proc. Stockholm Music 
                Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03) , (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, 
                Sweden. 307-310. 
              Wolfe, J. (2003) "From ideas to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music ". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference , Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust. (Plenary Lecture.) Reprinted (2018) in Substantia , 2 , 77-91.  doi:  10.13128/substantia-42  
              Wolfe, J., Smith, J. and Green, M. (2003) "The 
                effects of placement of the head joint stopper on the impedance 
                spectra of transverse flutes ". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific 
                Acoustics Conference , Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. 
                Soc., Castlemaine, Aust. 
              Inta, R, and Smith, J. (2003) "Determining 
                top plate profiles in assembled guitars via measurements of magnetic 
                field ". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference , 
                Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust. 
              Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech 
                and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for' ". 
                Proc. 7th International Conference on Music Perception and 
                Cognition , Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. 
                Schubert, J. Renwick, eds., pp 10-13. This paper also gave rise 
                to an "extraordinary plenary session": a musical and scientific 
                debate on the topic. See multimedia  
                (below). 
              Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Tone 
                holes and cross fingerings in wood wind instruments" International 
                Congress on Acoustics , Rome, Session 8.09, pp 14-15. 
              Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2001) "Embouchures and end effects 
                in air-jet instruments" International Congress on Acoustics , 
                Rome, Session 8.06, pp 8-9. 
              Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) 
                "The 
                didjeridu and the vocal tract " Proc. International Symposium 
                on Musical Acoustics , Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, 
                eds , pp 87-90. 
              Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Fletcher, N., and McGee, T. (2001) "The 
                Baroque and Classical flutes and the Boehm revolution " Proc. 
                International Symposium on Musical Acoustics , Perugia. D.Bonsi, 
                D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 505-508. 
              Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Alternative fingerings 
                and multiphonics: measurements, analyses and databases" Proc. 
                International Symposium on Musical Acoustics , Perugia. D.Bonsi, 
                D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 509-512. 
              Fearn, R. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "Relative Importance of Rate and Place: Experiments Using Pitch Scaling Techniques with Cochlear Implant Recipients " in 7th Symp. Cochlear Implants in Children , Gantz et al., eds., published in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology , 109  supplement, 51-53. 
              Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2000) "Acoustics 
                of the air-jet family of instruments ". Proc. Seventh Western 
                Pacific Regional Acoustics Conf ., Kumamoto, Japan, pp 575-580. 
              Kaehler, B. Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "Longueurs 
                caracteristiques sur la plage vocalique " Actes des XXIIIemes 
                Journees d'Etude sur la Parole , pp 333-336. 
              Smith, J., Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "A 
                new technique for the rapid measurement of the acoustic impedance 
                of wind instruments " (Proc. Seventh International Congress 
                on Sound and Vibration, 4-7 July 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 
                Germany. Eds G. Guidati, H. Hunt, H. Heller and A. Heiss) Vol 
                III pp. 1833 - 1840. 
              Epps, J., Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "Real time measurements of the vocal tract resonances during speech "Eurospeech'97  (conference proceedings, Rhodes), 721-724. 
             
             
            Multimedia 
            
              Wolfe, J. Hatsidimitris, G. and Smith, J. (2009) "Physclips: Waves and Sound " One volume of a multi-level multimedia introduction to physics.  
              Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and 
                what music might be 'for'". The " 
                extraordinary plenary session ": a musical and scientific debate 
                on the topic. From the International Conference on Music Perception 
                and Cognition , Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, 
                E. Schubert, J. Renwick, eds. 
              Wolfe, J (1992) "The 
                Science of Music ", (set of six tapes and booklet) ABC  , 
                Sydney  
Wolfe, J (1994) An 
                interactive introduction to the orchestra  For children's choir 
                or music class and symphony orchestra. 
Music Acoustics  - the laboratory web site . 
Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals . A multimedia appendix for a book chapter: Wolfe, J. (2012) "Musical sounds and musical signals " in Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music . A. Brown
 (ed.)
 ISBN 13: 978-1-4438-3912-9 Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals .
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Music scores 
  Wolfe, J. (2010) "Circle of fourths " Orchestral overture investigating the musical possibilities of the circle of fourths.  
  Wolfe, J. (2003) "Concerto for trumpet and orchestra " 
  
 
VIDEO  
  Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, effability and ineffability ". A plenary oratorio for the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition , Sydney.  
  Wolfe, J. (1999) "Overture " written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UNSW Orchestra. 
  Wolfe, J. (1998) "Quartet for flute, saxophone, bassoon and cello " 
  Wolfe, J. (1994) "Conjunction: an interactive introduction to the orchestra " for combined school music classes and orchestra.  
  Wolfe, J. (1992) "Sydney Sketches " Four movements of symphonic program music.  
  Wolfe, J. (1991) "The Stairway Suite " Seven orchestral variations on a pop song, in the styles of seven different composers.  
	Wolfe, J. (1992-2014) "Waiting for you ". 
	VIDEO  
  
Technical and non-technical references 
              For a list of some of our preferred reference books in music acoustics, including some 
              written for readers with no technical background, follow this link . 
             
More introductory material for non-technical readers 
	Miscellaneous other publications, some examples 
  
      Wolfe, J. (2022) "Woodwind and Brass Instruments ", in Gary E. McPherson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2, Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190058869.013.16  
      Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "The mechanics and acoustics of the singing voice: registers, resonances and the source-filter interaction ",  in The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development ,  Russo, F.A., Ilari, B., Cohen, A.J. editors. Taylor & Francis .  
      Wolfe, J. and Sushkov, O.P. (2019) "The sound of black holes fusing " Nat. Phys . 15 , 1206  doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0686-2
        Li, W., Almeida, A., Inwood, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "Science of articulation: some recent scientific studies of clarinet tonguing " Clarinet & Saxophone , Autumn, 32-35.
       Wolfe, J. (2018) "From idea to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music " Substantia , 2 , 77-91, 2018. DOI: 10.13128/substantia-42 (Reprint of plenary lecture to Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conference, 2003.)     
       Wolfe, J. (2018) "The acoustics of woodwind musical instruments " Acoustics Today , 14 , 50-56.      
       Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Infrasound sensitivity and harmonic distortion " Acoustics Australia  42 , 137.  
       
      Wolfe, J. (2011) Physics Education: Resources and Recovery (Education medal for 2010)  Australian Physics , 48 , 14-17.
       Wolfe, J (2008) "Is there really no sound in space? " Acoustics Australia  36 , 104.
       Wolfe, J. (2002)  Interesting and inexpensive experiments for high school physics .
       Wolfe, J. (2002)  " Think Straight ". New Scientist , July 6, 2002.
       Wolfe, J. (2001) "Venice: an acoustical paradise  The Sydney Morning Herald , June 16, 2001, p1 of the travel section.
       Wolfe, J. (1997) "Cosmology, Teleology and Danish Grandmothers " in All Us Apes , R. Williams, ed., pp 58-64. ABC Sydney.
       Wolfe, J. (1985) "The legal and moral status of embryos " Nature , 315 , 92 .
       Some pieces in the "Ask the experts" section of The Science Teacher  (the journal of the American Association of Science Teachers), including centripetal force and spin  and superheating .