Quantifying sound colour of musical instruments – precise harmonic timbre coordinates of like instruments

Prislan, Rok (avtor), Kržič, Urša (avtor), Svenšek, Daniel (avtor)

Timbre – sound “colour” – is an abstract, delicate property of sound, especially in a high-value context such as musical instruments. It is a perceptual construct so intangible that it cannot be considered a quantity. Since sound nevertheless reaches our ears as a complete physical reality, we hypothesize that this inherent abstraction of its timbre is primarily due to the lack of a meaningful, musically relevant, and robust quantification that would do justice to the subtlety of human auditory perception. It is therefore not surprising that not a single aspect of timbre is to be found in the specifications of musical instruments. We introduce harmonic timbre coordinates, concrete and robust numbers that quantify a partial aspect of timbre of an instrument’s sound – its harmonic structure – with a precision that allows relevance in the musical context. These numbers could, for example, help a buyer find an instrument whose sound is closer to his or her preferences. Or they could enable precise tracking of harmonic changes in sound, and more.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: acoustics, musical instruments, timbre
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FMF - Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 05.02.2024
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: 13 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 8, art. no. 8
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-154308-69db070c-aaa6-fe70-0fc4-f2f766ba0b7b
• UDK: 534
• ISSN pri članku: 2681-4617
• DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2023071
• COBISS.SI-ID: 183975683
• Datum objave v RUL: 06.02.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Acta acustica
• Skrajšan naslov: Acta acust.
• Založnik: EDP Sciences
• ISSN: 2681-4617
• COBISS.SI-ID: 56233731

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: akustika, glasbeni inštrumenti, barva zvoka