Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
2aMUa - Acoustics of Free-Reed Instruments I
James Cottingham, Chair
Invited papers:
2aMUa1 8:45 James P. Cottingham, "Blown-closed free reeds with an without pipe resonators"
2aMUa2 9:15 Laurent Millot, "Free reed coupling with either a vocal tract or a rather small pipe"
Contributed paper:
2aMUa3 9:45 Thomas G. Muir, "Acoustical curiosities of an American reed organ"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
2aMUb - Measurements on Musical Instruments
Daniel Ludwigsen, Chair
Contributed papers:
2aMUb1 10:30 Randy Worland, "Physics of water crotales"
2aMUb2 10:45 Daniel Zietlow and Thomas Moore, "The auger shell whistle"
2aMUb3 11:00 Laurent Millot, "Why using complex stimuli for acoustical measurements may be necessary to get physically relevant analysis results"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2pMUa - Acoustics of Free-Reed Instruments II: Accordion Acoustics
James Cottingham, Chair
Invited papers:
2pMUa1 1:00 Paul A. Wheeler, "The adoption of the accordion and other bellow-blown free-reed instruments in world cultures"
2pMUa2 1:30 John J. Stankus, "Characteristics and construction of the accordion"
Contributed papers:
2pMUa3 2:00 Sarah L. Behrens, Whitney L. Coyle, Nicholas P. Goodweiler, and James P. Cottingham, "Vibrational modes of accordion reeds"
2pMUa4 2:15 Whitney L. Coyle, Sarah L. Behrens, and James P. Cottingham, "Influence of accordion reed chamber geometry on reed vibration and airflow"
Invited paper:
2pMUa5 2:30 Thomas Tonon, "Accordion reeds, cavity resonance, and pitch bend"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
2pMUb - Demonstration/Concert featuring Accordionist Ruben Coe
James Cottingham, Chair
Accordionist Ruben Coe of Laredo, Texas, will perform and give a demonstration of a pitch bending accordion.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2pMUc - Concert featuring Accordionist Juan Tejeda with the band Conjunto Aztlan
Paul A. Wheeler, Chair
Conjunto Aztlan performs traditional conjunto as well as a variety of other musical styles.
Musical Acoustics Technical Committee Meeting
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00-9:30 PM
Paul A. Wheeler, Chair
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 8:30 AM - 11:40 AM
3aMU - Psychoacoustic Response to Musical Instruments
Rolf Bader, Chair
Invited papers:
3aMU1 8:30 James W. Beauchamp, Andrew B. Horner, and Michael D. Hall, "Recent research in musical timbre perception"
3aMU2 8:55 Rolf Bader, "Perception strategies for violin sounds"
3aMU3 9:20 Anne Caclin, Marie-Helene Girard, and Stephen McAdams, "Perception of timbre dimensions: psychophysics and electrophysiology in humans"
3aMU4 9:45 Antoine Shahin, "Development of auditory phase-locked activity for music sounds"
3aMU5 10:25 John M. Hajda, "Psychoacoustics and organology"
3aMU6 10:50 Christoph Reuter, "The role of formant positions and micro-modulations in blending and partial masking of musical instruments"
3aMU7 11:15 Filipa La and Johan Sundberg, "Observations of the singing voice during pregnancy"
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 8:30 AM - 11:50 AM
4aMU - Musical Ability and Other Abilities: Innate and Environmental Influences
Diana Deutsch, Chair
8:30 Chair's Introduction
Invited papers:
4aMU1 8:35 Gottfried Schlaug, "Singing in the Brain: Professional singers, occasional singers, and out-of-tune singers"
4aMU2 9:05 Laurel Trainor, "Effects of musical training on brain development"
4aMU3 9:35 Glenn Schellenberg, "Musical ability and cognitive abilities"
4aMU4 10:20 Harald Goring, "Evidence for a genetic contribution, and a chromosome 4 locus, to musical aptitude"
4aMU5 10:50 Erin Hannon, "The development of domain-specific musical knowledge"
4aMU6 11:20 Diana Deutsch, "The genesis of absolute pitch: Theories and experimental findings"