Musical Acoustics of Baroque Bassoons

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Bryant Hichwa
Institution
Sonoma State University
Year & Semester
2013 Spring
Presentation Date
April 15, 2013

A connection between music and physics-- a bassoonist and a physicist, Dr. Bryant Hichwa, Sonoma State University (Emeritus), have worked together to model the standing wave physics in Baroque bassoons and accurately predict the pitch of the various notes of the bassoon.