By Emeritus Professor Joe Wolfe

Conference Papers

Wolfe JA; Henrich N; Kiek M; Smith JR, 2007, 'Seriously loud and noticeably different: the acoustics of Bulgarian women’s singing style', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, presented at International Symposium on Music Acoustics 2007, Barcelona

Wolfe JA, 2007, 'Speech and music: acoustics and signals and the relation between them', in Inaugural International Conference on Music Communication Science, ARC Research Network in Human Communication Science (HCSNet), Sydney, Australia, presented at Inaugural Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/reprints/ICOMCS07.pdf

Chen JM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2007, 'Vocal tract interactions in saxophone performance', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, presented at International Symposium on Music Acoustics 2007, Barcelona

Wolfe JA; Rey G; Smith JR, 2007, 'What makes a good didjeridu?', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Barcelona, presented at International Symposium on Music Acoustics 2007, Barcelona

Smith J; Wolfe J, 2006, 'The tuning of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing the didjeridu', in 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2006, ICSV 2006, pp. 5219 - 5226

Smith J; Wolfe J, 2006, 'The tuning of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing the didjeridu', in Proceedings of 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, presented at 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Vienna, 02 July 2006 - 06 July 2006

Wolfe JA; Smith JR, 2005, 'The role of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing wind instruments', in Acoustics 2005: Acoustics in a Changing Environment, Busselton, WA, presented at Acoustics 2005: Acoustics in a Changing Environment, Busselton, WA, 09 November 2005 - 11 November 2005

Botros AM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'Alternative fingerings and multiphonics: measurements, analyses and databases', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan, pp. 509 - 512, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara, Japan, -

Joliveau E; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'Direct measurements of the tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, pp. 171 - 174, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara, -

Bavu E; Yew M; Placais P-Y; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'Rotational and translational waves in a bowed string', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, pp. 100 - 103, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara, - , http://www.researchgate.net/publication/2172945_Rotationnal_and_translational_waves_in_a_bowed_string/file/32bfe5107988369502.pdf

Schubert E; Wolfe JA; Tarnopolsky A, 2004, 'Spectral centroid and timbre in complex, multiple instrumental textures', in Pennycook B; Costa-Giomi E (ed.), International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Illinois, pp. 654 - 657, presented at International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition 2004, Illinois, -

Fletcher NH; Hollenberg L; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'The didjeridu and the vocal tract', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, pp. 87 - 90, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara, - , http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/ISMAdidjpaper.pdf

Lavan D; Lavan D; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'The acoustics of bell plates', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, pp. 308 - 311, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara

Botros AM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2004, 'Alternative fingerings and multiphonics: measurements, analyses and databases', in International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara

Wolfe JA; Smith JR; Fletcher NH; McGee T, 2004, 'The Baroque and Classical flutes and the Boehm revolution', in International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara

Wolfe JA; Smith JR; Fletcher NH; Mcgee T, 2004, 'The Baroque and Classical flutes and the Boehm revolution', in Bonsi D; Gonzalez D; Stanzial D (eds.), International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, pp. 505 - 508, presented at International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2004, Nara, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/Boehm.pdf

Wolfe JA, 2003, 'From ideas to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music', in Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne, presented at 8th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/Info.pdf

Wolfe JA; Smith JR; Green M, 2003, 'Head joint, embouchure hole and filtering effects on the input impedance of flutes', in Bresin R (ed.), Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, KTH, Stockholm, pp. 295 - 298, presented at Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 2003, Stockholm, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/headsSMAC.pdf

Fritz C; Wolfe JA; Kergomard J; Causse R, 2003, 'Playing frequency shift due to the interaction between the vocal tract of the musician and the clarinet', in Bresin R (ed.), Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, KTH, Stockholm, pp. 263 - 266, presented at Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 2003, Stockholm, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/FritzEtAl.pdf

Wolfe JA; Tarnopolsky A; Fletcher NH; Hollenberg L; Smith JR, 2003, 'Some effects of the player's vocal tract and tongue on wind instrument sound', in Bresin R (ed.), Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, KTH, Stockholm, pp. 307 - 310, presented at Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 2003, Stockholm

Botros AM; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2003, 'The 'Virtual Flute': acoustics modelling at the service of players and composers', in Bresin R (ed.), SMAC 03, KTH, Stockholm, pp. 247 - 250, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/TVFSMAC.pdf

Wolfe JA; Smith JR; Green M, 2003, 'The effects of placement of the head joint stopper on the impedance spectra of transverse flutes', in Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne, presented at 8th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/stoppers.pdf

Wolfe JA, 2002, 'Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for'', in 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, presented at 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Syd, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/ICMPC.pdf

Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2001, 'Tone holes and cross fingerings in wood wind instruments', in International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, pp. 14 - 15, presented at International Congress on Acoustics 2001, Rome, 03 September 2001 - 07 September 2001

Wolfe JA; Smith JR, 2001, 'Embouchures and end effects in air-jet instrument', in International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, pp. 8 - 9, presented at International Congress on Acoustics 2001, Rome

Smith JR; Fritz C; Wolfe JA, 2000, 'A new technique for the rapid measurement of the acoustic impedance of wind instruments', in Guidati G; Hunt H; Heller H; Heiss A (eds.), Seventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, pp. 1833 - 1840, presented at 7th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/Garmisch.pdf

Wolfe JA; Smith JR, 2000, 'Acoustics of the air-jet family of instruments', in Seventh Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conf, Kumamoto, pp. 575 - 580, presented at 7th Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conf, Kumamoto, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/WOLFE.pdf

Kaehler B; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 2000, 'Longueurs caracteristiques sur la plage vocalique', Aussois, France, Aussois, France, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/Kaehleretal.pdf

Frith A; Wolfe JA; Ball M; Hughes MJ, 1999, 'Frost damage in Eucalyptus leaves: Ice nucleation and temperature profile', in 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Gold Coast, Qld, presented at 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Gold Coast, Qld, 30 September 1999

Dowd A; Epps JR; Smith JR; Wolfe JA, 1999, 'Rapid acoustic measurements of the vocal tract: Results and applications', in 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Gold Coast, Qld, presented at 23rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, Gold Coast, Qld, 30 September 1999

Frith A; Wolfe JA; Ball M; Hughes MJ, 1999, 'Measurements and Models of the Spatial Distribution of Freezing in Leaves', in Cryobiology, Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, Ca, USA, pp. 292 - 292, presented at 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Marseille, France, 12 July 1999 - 15 July 1999

Wolfe JA; Bryant G, 1999, 'Thermodynamics and Mechanics of Freezing, Drying, and/or Vitrifying Membrane-Solute-Water Systems', in Cryobiology, Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, Ca, USA, pp. 282 - 283, presented at 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Marseille, France, 12 July 1999 - 15 July 1999

Smith JR; Wolfe JA; Epps JR; Dowd A, 1997, 'Real Time Measurements of Vocal Tract Resonances During Speech', in Kokkinakis G; Fakotakis N; Decmatas E (eds.), 5th european Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Rhodes, Greece, pp. 721 - 724, presented at 5th european Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, Rhodes, Greece, 22 September 1997 - 25 September 1997

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