scholarly journals “Transports of delight”? Reviews of Clarinet Performance in Paris and London, c. 1770 – c. 1810

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Catherine Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Clarinet Performance

Physics-based resynthesis of clarinet performance using numerical optimization

2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1752-1752
Author(s):  
Vasileios Chatziioannou ◽  
Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà ◽  
Sebastian Schmutzhard ◽  
Alex Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Clarinet Performance

Analysis-By-Synthesis of Timbre, Timing, and Dynamics in Expressive Clarinet Performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Barthet ◽  
Philippe Depalle ◽  
Richard Kronland-Martinet ◽  
Søølvi Ystad
Keyword(s):  
Paired Comparison ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Acoustical Parameters ◽  
Comparison Task ◽  
Spectral Centroid ◽  
Musical Preference ◽  
Clarinet Performance ◽  
Analysis By Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Approach ◽  
Acoustical Energy

In a Previous Study, Mechanical and Expressive clarinet performances of Bach's Suite No. II and Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings were analyzed to determine whether some acoustical correlates of timbre (e.g., spectral centroid), timing (intertone onset interval), and dynamics (root mean square envelope) showed significant differences depending on the expressive intention of the performer. In the present companion study, we investigate the effects of these acoustical parameters on listeners' preferences. An analysis-by-synthesis approach was used to transform previously recorded clarinet performances by reducing the expressive deviations from the spectral centroid, the intertone onset interval and the acoustical energy. Twenty skilled musicians were asked to select which version they preferred in a paired comparison task. The results of statistical analyses showed that the removal of the spectral centroid variations resulted in the greatest loss of musical preference.

Maureen Pytlik

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Bakan
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
West African ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
African Dance ◽  
Hard Time ◽  
Clarinet Performance ◽  
West African Dance ◽  
And Mathematics

In 2017, Maureen Pytlik graduated from Ottawa’s Carleton University with degrees major in both clarinet performance and mathematics. Her curriculum also included advanced music theory studies and West African drumming and dance. She describes her West African dance experiences as transformative. “I was quite happy to open up and be awkwardly uncoordinated,” she relates, “because it was something that created a lot of group bonding in a way. Feeling part of the group was very important to me because having Asperger’s means it’s not something that I experience easily.” African dance, and drumming too, helped Maureen to navigate a dichotomy which has been difficult for her to manage in her life, and one that she identifies closely with having Asperger’s: the conflicting pulls of competing desires for control and freedom. “I am pulled in these two different directions,” she acknowledges. “My modes of being can fluctuate between the two styles of having control and experiencing freedom, but I have a hard time (as with any polar opposites) hovering in the middle between them without gravitating toward one extreme or the other at any given time.” Music and dance, especially of the West African variety, have enabled her to move closer to achieving that elusive balance.

scholarly journals Analysis of Tonguing and Blowing Actions During Clarinet Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà ◽  
Alex Hofmann ◽  
Vasileios Chatziioannou
Keyword(s):  
Clarinet Performance

scholarly journals Movement-Related Feedback and Temporal Accuracy in Clarinet Performance

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Palmer ◽  
Erik Koopmans ◽  
Janeen D. Loehr ◽  
Christine Carter
Keyword(s):  
Motion Capture ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Initial Contact ◽  
Finger Movements ◽  
Piano Performance ◽  
Timing Error ◽  
Tactile Information ◽  
Timing Accuracy ◽  
Clarinet Performance

SENSORY INFORMATION AVAILABLE WHEN MUSICIANS' fingers arrive on instrument keys contributes to temporal accuracy in piano performance (Goebl & Palmer, 2008). The hypothesis that timing accuracy is related to sensory (tactile) information available at finger-key contact was extended to clarinetists' finger movements during key depressions and releases that, together with breathing, determine the timing of tone onsets. Skilled clarinetists performed melodies at different tempi in a synchronization task while their movements were recorded with motion capture. Finger accelerations indicated consistent kinematic landmarks when fingers made initial contact with or release from the key surface. Performances that contained more kinematic landmarks had reduced timing error. The magnitude of finger accelerations on key contact and release was positively correlated with increased temporal accuracy during the subsequent keystroke. These findings suggest that sensory information available at finger-key contact enhances the temporal accuracy of music performance.

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