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Problems

  1. Many woodwinds, such as the clarinet, are better modeled with a closed tube end at the head of the instrument [3]. Use the expression
    \begin{displaymath}
k = \frac{r_1^2 - r_2^2}{r_1^2 + r_2^2}.
\end{displaymath} (4)

    to calculate the reflectance $k_{closed}$ for a closed tube end.

  2. Do pressure waves have a node or an anti-node at a closed end?

  3. Redraw the signal flow diagram shown in Figure 3 so that it models a woodwind instrument with a closed end at the head.

  4. How does this change affect the fundamental frequency of the instrument?


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``Virtual Flute'', by Edgar J. Berdahl, and Julius O. Smith III,
REALSIMPLE Project — work supported by the Wallenberg Global Learning Network .
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