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| =====What Exactly is a Reed?===== | =====What Exactly is a Reed?===== | ||
| - | There is a lot of contention (that I created no doubt) on making a clear definition of a reed. Past definitions are far too ambiguous in my opinion and a rehashing of the definition and classification of reeds in is order. in [[hicks_classification]] I completely redefine how wind instruments are classified where they only have a single common factor, the use of wind to generate their sound, with each type of generating force being unrelated. In these essay I will attempt to call out commonalities on how different solid materials generate a vibration that is typically carried into a column of air to make a pitched sound. In my definition something is a reed if it is capable of generating a regulated pitch in a tube and also if it is capable of generating pitch all on its own ( may later reclassify that later half of that). | + | There is a lot of contention (that I created no doubt) on making a clear definition of a reed. Past definitions are far too ambiguous in my opinion and a rehashing of the definition and classification of reeds in is order. in [[classification|' |
| - | =====Previous Definitions of what a Reed Is===== | + | =====The Previous Definitions of what a Reed is===== |
| Summarized from Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica- \\ | Summarized from Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica- \\ | ||
| reed "A thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument" | reed "A thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument" | ||
| This definition has a major issue in that is describes single reeds (lamell reeds like those of a clarinet or saxophone) as well as free reeds (like those of a harmonica) but inadequacy describes the behavior of double reeds (or any other class listed above) because the focus is on the shape of the material. | This definition has a major issue in that is describes single reeds (lamell reeds like those of a clarinet or saxophone) as well as free reeds (like those of a harmonica) but inadequacy describes the behavior of double reeds (or any other class listed above) because the focus is on the shape of the material. | ||
| - | =====My New Definition of what a Reed Is===== | ||
| - | A reed is any solid material that vibrates in a stable and consistent manner in response to wind as the generating force of the oscillation. | + | =====My New Definition of what a Reed is===== |
| - | ====Understanding the Distinction Between the Two==== | + | A reed is any solid material that vibrates in a stable and consistent manner in response to wind as the generating force of the oscillation. |
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| + | =====Understanding the Distinction Between the Two===== | ||
| For Reeds the following forces happen- \\ | For Reeds the following forces happen- \\ | ||
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| Another distinction is that reeds need to be rigid, and that warpable and stretchable materials dont count. This is similar to the ideas of membranes vs soundboards on string instruments. I take the same solution considering both the same thing (in the case of strings, both are membranes, one rigid and the other warpable). these distinctions are just describing materials that are or near opposite sides of a spectrum. I think the only distinction is to define them by the opposites, or by the difference of the material behavior (with options in the middle being allowed to be intermediate and there being no hard cutoff). with that said there is no way to form a clear delineation between materials that easily bend and warp and ones that resist the action other than that they tend to have different timbre, and the more bendable they are the less upper harmonics they allow (a kind of self damping harmonic filter?) (then again that also happens when lips dampen the rigid material anyways) | Another distinction is that reeds need to be rigid, and that warpable and stretchable materials dont count. This is similar to the ideas of membranes vs soundboards on string instruments. I take the same solution considering both the same thing (in the case of strings, both are membranes, one rigid and the other warpable). these distinctions are just describing materials that are or near opposite sides of a spectrum. I think the only distinction is to define them by the opposites, or by the difference of the material behavior (with options in the middle being allowed to be intermediate and there being no hard cutoff). with that said there is no way to form a clear delineation between materials that easily bend and warp and ones that resist the action other than that they tend to have different timbre, and the more bendable they are the less upper harmonics they allow (a kind of self damping harmonic filter?) (then again that also happens when lips dampen the rigid material anyways) | ||
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