Early echoes determine the coarsest spectral shape of brass and flute instruments

Evidence

The intuitive power of the sculpting picture allows us to understand the overall shape and coarse structure of a power spectrum based on early echoes. The characteristic trumpet (as a type case for brass instruments) and flute resonance structures, and the key role of the mouthpiece, will be laid bare by such analysis in chapter 16. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1101

Categorization

• XREF: Foreshadows the instrument timbre analysis in chapter 16, tying physical echo structure to musical tones. — connects to: Resonator geometry shapes which harmonics appear in an instrument’s sound — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1228