Physics of Music

large web site introducing many aspects of the physics of music.

Arlen Fast, contrabassoonist of the New York Philharmonic, is on sabbatical in the lab, for a project on register holes and transients.
The Sounds of World English: make a 'map' of your own accent and contribute to this global project.
Air flow animations added to Open vs Closed pipes
Didjeridu (yidaki) acoustics: our latest paper in Nature.
How do violins change with age and playing: an interim report on a long term study.
The acoustics of harmonic singing
Vocal tract tuning by sopranos - an interesting effect at the extreme high range of the human voice.
Test your own hearing response curve using this interactive web service.
FAQ - Frequently asked questions about music acoustics. For example: What is a decibel?
Introduction to the acoustics of musical instruments. This series of web pages, with plenty of illustrations and sound files, presents an introduction to brass instruments, saxophone, clarinet, flute, violin, guitar and didjeridu.

Excellence in acoustics: This website has won a Scientific American Science and Technlogy Web Award 2005 for its innovation, creativity and value. It has also won the MERLOT 2005 Editors' Choice Award for exemplary online learning resources.

Other recent awards won by the Acoustics laboratory.

How to get to UNSW Acoustics Lab: Maps