Acoustical correlates of timbre and expressiveness in clarinet performance

Music Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-153

  Barthet, Mathieu ^a   Depalle, Philippe ^a   Kronland Martinet, Richard ^a   Ystad, Sølvi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Expressive clarinet performance; Musical interpretation; Timbre; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955746730     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2010.28.2.135     Document Type: Article

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