Kumarakuru, H., & Locke, T., & De Ritis, A., & Heiman, D., & Faria de Sá Tucker, L. (2022, August), Acoustical Phenomena of Indigenous Instruments: Intercultural Music Immersion Through the Lens of Physics  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41738

\bibitem{asee_peer_41738}
  Kumarakuru, H., \& Locke, T., \& De Ritis, A., \& Heiman, D., \& Faria de Sá Tucker, L. (2022, August), \emph{Acoustical Phenomena of Indigenous Instruments: Intercultural Music Immersion Through the Lens of Physics}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41738

Haridas Kumarakuru, Tyler Locke, Anthony De Ritis, Don Heiman, and Lucas Faria de Sá Tucker.  "Acoustical Phenomena of Indigenous Instruments: Intercultural Music Immersion Through the Lens of Physics".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41738 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41738}
  Haridas Kumarakuru, Tyler Locke, Anthony De Ritis, Don Heiman, and Lucas Faria de Sá Tucker.
  "Acoustical Phenomena of Indigenous Instruments: Intercultural Music Immersion Through the Lens of Physics".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41738 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Traditional musical instruments are often passed down and taught from generation to generation without essential information ever being documented. These instruments may have been in use for hundreds of years, yet if one desired to gain a better understanding of their acoustic properties, they would be left without crucial resources. In collaboration with the Department of Music, the traditional Chinese keyed soprano suona was studied. The audio signals of this musical instrument were recorded and analyzed to compare their acoustic properties to those of several contemporary western instruments. The audio waveforms were converted from the time domain into the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, thereby generating the spectrum of frequencies that compose each sound. The frequency and relative intensity of the different spectral peaks determine the harmonic spectra, which were then compared with the instruments’ qualitative timbral qualities. These relative amplitudes and time behavior of the harmonics (overtones) were related to their corresponding effects in terms of brightness, tone, formant, etc. This was done in order to visualize the similarities and differences between several contemporary western instruments (saxophone, bass guitar, and harmonica) and the traditional Chinese suona wind instrument. Results of these investigations will contribute to the development of a book describing instrumentation and orchestration techniques for instruments of the Chinese orchestra. This work provides a valuable, accessible resource for musicians, composers, music historians, and anyone interested in the physics of music.
AU  - Haridas Kumarakuru
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