Music Acoustics, Physics, Science, UNSW (original) (raw)

Physics and music have been related for millenia. The art and science of music acoustics are presented here, in musician-friendly format, as is our research in music science. Navigate using the headings and images above, the site map or 'search'.

Featured projects

• New scientific papers on the voice, wind instruments and transfer functions. See Publications
• Introduction to the acoustics of musical instruments. Introductions with plenty of illustrations and sound files. We do brass instruments, clarinet, didjeridu, double reeds, flute, guitar, saxophone,violin and the voice.
• Physclips Waves and Sound: On our introductory physics website.
• The Neville Fletcher archive honours an outstanding researcher.
• Vocal tract tuning by sopranos: how do they sing so loudly? Reported in Nature.
• The didjeridu:how can a simple instrument make so many sounds? Reported in Nature.
• Saxophonists learn to tune their vocal tracts for the high notes. Reported in Science.
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions about acoustics. For example: What is a decibel?