By Emeritus Professor Joe Wolfe

Book Chapters

Garnier M; Henrich N; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2020, 'The Mechanics and Acoustics of the Singing Voice: Registers, Resonances and the Source–Filter Interaction', in Russo FA; Ilari B; Cohel A (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development, Routledge, pp. 64 - 78, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315163734/chapters/10.4324/9781315163734-5

Wolfe JA, 2015, 'Cellular Thermodynamics: the molecular and macroscopic view', in eLS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences), Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0001363.pub2

Wolfe JA; Almeida A; Chen JM; George D; Hanna NN; Smith JR, 2013, 'The player-wind instrument interaction', in Bresin R; Askenfelt A (ed.), , Stockholm, pp. 323 - 330, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/reprints/SMACinteraction.pdf

Wolfe JA, 2012, 'Musical sounds and musical signals', in Brown A (ed.), Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 14 - 27

Chen JM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2011, 'Experienced Saxophonists Learn to Tune Their Vocal Tracts', in Dale R; Burnham D; Stevens CJ (ed.), Human Communication Science: A Compendium, ARC Research Network in Human Communication Science, Sydney, Australia, pp. 441 - 445

Wolfe J, 2002, 'Cellular Thermodynamics', in

Bates EH; Wolfe J, 1981, 'The elasticity of protein–lipid bilayer membranes and its physiological significance', in Advances in Liquid Crystal Research and Applications, Elsevier, pp. 739 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-026191-1.50005-0

Wolfe J; Bagnall D, 1979, 'STATISTICAL TESTS TO DECIDE BETWEEN STRAIGHT LINE SEGMENTS AND CURVES AS SUITABLE FITS TO ARRHENIUS PLOTS OR OTHER DATA', in Low Temperature Stress in Crop Plants, Elsevier, pp. 527 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-460560-2.50044-3

Journal articles

Wolfe J; Boutin H; Hanna N; Smith J, 2024, 'What Might the Trombone Teach Us About the Singing Voice?—A Tutorial Review', Journal of Voice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.02.006

Almeida A; Li W; Schubert E; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2023, 'Expressive goals for performing musicians: The case of clarinetists', Musicae Scientiae, 27, pp. 655 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10298649221122155

Almeida A; Li W; Schubert E; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2023, 'Recording and analysing physical control variables used in clarinet playing: A musical instrument performance capture and analysis toolbox (MIPCAT)', Frontiers in Signal Processing, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsip.2023.1089366

Garnier M; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2022, 'Lip hyper-articulation in loud voice: Effect on resonance-harmonic proximity', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152, pp. 3695 - 3705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0016595

Fuenzalida TI; Binks O; Bryant CJ; Wolfe J; Ball MC, 2022, 'Monitoring plant water status via static uniaxial compression of the leaf lamina', Plant Cell and Environment, 45, pp. 2589 - 2606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.14383

Jeanneteau M; Hanna N; Almeida A; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2022, 'Using visual feedback to tune the second vocal tract resonance for singing in the high soprano range', Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 47, pp. 25 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14015439.2020.1834612

Almeida A; Schubert E; Wolfe J, 2021, 'Timbre Vibrato Perception and Description', Music Perception, 38, pp. 282 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/MP.2021.38.3.282

Boutin H; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2020, ''Warming up' a wind instrument: The time-dependent effects of exhaled air on the resonances of a trombone', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148, pp. 1817 - 1823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0002109

Boutin H; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2020, 'Trombone lip mechanics with inertive and compliant loads ("lipping up and down")', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147, pp. 4133 - 4144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0001466

Wolfe J; Sushkov OP, 2019, 'The sound of black holes fusing', Nature Physics, 15, pp. 1206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0686-2

Hanna NN; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2019, 'High precision measurements of acoustic impedance: Applications to the voice and respiratory tract, musical instruments and their players', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146, pp. 2821 - 2821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.5136771

Li W; Goios Borges De Almeida A; Inwood L; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2019, 'Science of articulation: some recent scientific studies of clarinet tonguing', Clarinet & Saxophone, 43, pp. 32 - 35

Hanna NN; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2018, 'How the acoustic resonances of the subglottal tract affect the impedance spectrum measured through the lips', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143, pp. 2639 - 2650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.5033330

Almeida A; Li W; Smith JR; Wolfe J, 2017, 'The mechanism producing initial transients on the clarinet', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142, pp. 3376 - 3386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.5014036

Almeida A; Schubert E; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2017, 'Brightness scaling of periodic tones', Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 79, pp. 1892 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1394-6

Nguyen HT; Meir P; Wolfe J; Mencuccini M; Ball MC, 2017, 'Plumbing the depths: extracellular water storage in specialized leaf structures and its functional expression in a three-domain pressure –volume relationship', Plant Cell and Environment, 40, pp. 1021 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.12788

Wade L; Hanna N; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2017, 'The role of vocal tract and subglottal resonances in producing vocal instabilities', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141, pp. 1546 - 1559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4976954

Li W; Almeida A; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2016, 'The effect of blowing pressure, lip force and tonguing on transients: A study using a clarinet-playing machine', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140, pp. 1089 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4960594

Hanna NN; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2016, 'Frequencies, bandwidths and magnitudes of vocal tract and surrounding tissue resonances, measured through the lips during phonation', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139, pp. 2924 - 2936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4948754

Wolfe J; Tze Wei Chu D; Chen JM; Smith J, 2016, 'An Experimentally Measured Source–Filter Model: Glottal Flow, Vocal Tract Gain and Output Sound from a Physical Model', Acoustics Australia, 44, pp. 187 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40857-016-0046-7

Li W; Almeida A; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2016, 'How clarinettists articulate: The effect of blowing pressure and tonguing on initial and final transients', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139, pp. 825 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4941660

Schubert E; Wolfe J, 2016, 'Voicelikeness of musical instruments: A literature review of acoustical, psychological and expressiveness perspectives', Musicae Scientiae, 20, pp. 248 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1029864916631393

Rolland V; Bergstrom DM; Lenné T; Bryant G; Chen H; Wolfe J; Holbrook NM; Stanton DE; Ball MC, 2015, 'Easy come, easy go: Capillary forces enable rapid refilling of embolized primary xylem vessels', Plant Physiology, 168, pp. 1636 - 1647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00333

Boutin H; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2015, 'Laryngeal flow due to longitudinal sweeping motion of the vocal folds and its contribution to auto-oscillation(L)', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138, pp. 146 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4922470

Titze IR; Baken RJ; Bozeman KW; Granqvist S; Henrich N; Herbst CT; Howard DM; Hunter EJ; Kaelin D; Kent RD; Kreiman J; Kob M; Löfqvist A; McCoy S; Miller DG; Noé H; Scherer RC; Smith JR; Story BH; Švec JG; Ternström S; Wolfe J, 2015, 'Toward a consensus on symbolic notation of harmonics, resonances, and formants in vocalization', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137, pp. 3005 - 3007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4919349

Boutin H; Fletcher N; Smith ; Wolfe JA, 2015, 'Relationships between pressure, flow, lip motion, and upstream and downstream impedances for the trombone', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137, pp. 1195 - 1209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4908236

Li W; Chen J-M; Wolfe J; Smith JR, 2015, 'Effect of Vocal Tract Resonances on the Sound Spectrum of the Saxophone', Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101, pp. 270 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918825

Wolfe J; Fletcher NH; smith J, 2015, 'The Interactions Between Wind Instruments and their Players', Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101, pp. 211 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918820

Johnson-Read L; Chmiel A; Schubert E; Wolfe J, 2015, 'Performing Lieder: Expert Perspectives and Comparison of Vibrato and Singer's Formant With Opera Singers', Journal of Voice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2014.10.020

Johnson-Read L; Chmiel A; Schubert E; Wolfe J, 2015, 'Performing Lieder: Expert Perspectives and Comparison of Vibrato and Singer's Formant With Opera Singers', Journal of Voice, 29, pp. 645.e15 - 645.e32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2014.10.020

Boutin H; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2014, 'Infrasound sensitivity and harmonic distortion', Acoustics Australia, 42, pp. 137 - 137

Schubert E; Wolfe J, 2014, 'The rise of fixed pitch systems and the slide of continuous pitch: A note for emotion in music research about portamento', journal of interdisciplinary music studies, http://www.musicstudies.org/jims130712/Schubert_JIMS_13071201.pdf

Chen JM; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2014, 'The effect of nearby timpani strokes on horn playing', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135, pp. 472 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4829533

Henrich Bernardoni N; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2014, 'Vocal tract resonances in singing: Variation with laryngeal mechanism for male operatic singers in chest and falsetto registers', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135, pp. 491 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4836255

Boutin H; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2014, 'Producing undistorted acoustic sine waves', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135, pp. 1665 - 1667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4868374

Chen J-M; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2013, 'Do trumpeters tune resonances of their vocal tract?', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133, pp. 3548 - 3548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4806434

Hanna NN; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2013, 'Measurements of the aero-acoustic properties of the vocal folds and vocal tract by broad and narrow band probes during phonation into controlled acoustic loads', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133, pp. 3523 - 3523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4806333

Ghonim A; Lim J; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2013, 'The division of the perceptual vowel plane for different accents of English and the characteristic separation required to distinguish vowels', Acoustics Australia, 41, pp. 160 - 164

Chu DT; Li K-W; Epps JR; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2013, 'Experimental evaluation of inverse filtering using physical systems with known glottal flow and tract characteristics', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133, pp. EL358 - EL362, http://scitation.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=JASMAN0001330000050EL358000001&idtype=cvips&prog=normal

Almeida A; George D; Smith J; Wolfe J, 2013, 'The clarinet: How blowing pressure, lip force, lip position and reed “hardness” affect pitch, sound level, and spectrum', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134, pp. 2247 - 2247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4816538

Wolfe J; Hatsidimitris G, 2012, 'Physclips: Multimedia, multi-level learning, and teaching resources', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, pp. 2011 - 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4755445

Chen JM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2012, 'Do trumpet players tune resonances of the vocal tract?', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131, pp. 722 - 727, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/reprints/TrumpetTract.pdf

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