Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021)
Traditional approaches in timbre research have often equalized sounds according to pitch, loudness, duration in order to study timbral differences across instruments. In a compact case study of the semantic qualities of the oboe and French horn, Reymore (2021) takes a different approach and consider...
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| description | Traditional approaches in timbre research have often equalized sounds according to pitch, loudness, duration in order to study timbral differences across instruments. In a compact case study of the semantic qualities of the oboe and French horn, Reymore (2021) takes a different approach and considers timbral differences within musical instruments, which arise due to the covariation of timbre with the musical parameters of fundamental frequency (pitch) and playing effort (dynamic level). The study constitutes a timely contribution to a growing body of work on the covariation between timbre, pitch, and loudness. After providing a background and summary of important aspects of the target article, I elaborate on results from a recent complementary study that analyzed acoustical signal properties regarding that matter. Finally, I address three important issues in this context that appear to be worthy of future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63428259386b453ea9cb5e24cc7b7ddd2023-04-13T14:29:54ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492023-03-0116233634010.18061/emr.v16i2.83737591Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021)Kai Siedenburg0Dept. of Medical Physics and Acoustics and Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, University of OldenburgTraditional approaches in timbre research have often equalized sounds according to pitch, loudness, duration in order to study timbral differences across instruments. In a compact case study of the semantic qualities of the oboe and French horn, Reymore (2021) takes a different approach and considers timbral differences within musical instruments, which arise due to the covariation of timbre with the musical parameters of fundamental frequency (pitch) and playing effort (dynamic level). The study constitutes a timely contribution to a growing body of work on the covariation between timbre, pitch, and loudness. After providing a background and summary of important aspects of the target article, I elaborate on results from a recent complementary study that analyzed acoustical signal properties regarding that matter. Finally, I address three important issues in this context that appear to be worthy of future research.https://emusicology.org/index.php/EMR/article/view/8373timbrequaliasemanticsoboefrench horncognitive linguisticsregisterdynamics |
| spellingShingle | Kai Siedenburg Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) Empirical Musicology Review timbre qualia semantics oboe french horn cognitive linguistics register dynamics |
| title | Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) |
| title_full | Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) |
| title_fullStr | Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) |
| title_short | Beyond (the cave of) pitch/loudness-equalization: A Commentary on Reymore (2021) |
| title_sort | beyond the cave of pitch loudness equalization a commentary on reymore 2021 |
| topic | timbre qualia semantics oboe french horn cognitive linguistics register dynamics |
| url | https://emusicology.org/index.php/EMR/article/view/8373 |
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