Sound source material and method of sound production: blowing, hitting, plucking, scraping, shaking

What this note covers

1. Identify material, source and production method separately
2. Blowing: air columns, reeds, lips and breath noise
3. Hitting, plucking, scraping and shaking by ear
4. Attack, sustain and decay reveal how a sound is made
5. Traditional and non-traditional uses of sound sources
6. Worked tone-colour analysis from source evidence
7. 7. Blind source test: attack, material and decay
8. 8. Non-traditional use case: one object, four tone colours

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes