Computational determination of transition times using the measured mouthpiece pressure from soprano and bass clarinet players

Abstract

This study offers a metric to investigate transition times between articulated notes for reed instruments such as clarinets and bass clarinets. The method requires analysis of measurements of musician mouthpiece pressure. For this paper, the data were recorded using sensor-equipped mouthpieces made for the clarinet and bass clarinet. The method leads to a metric called the transition time (ΔT), which allows for comparing duration measured between notes for clarinets played in different musical contexts (dynamics, tempos, etc.) and playing regimes and between players.