MUSICAL AEROACOUSTICS OF THE CLARINET

We present a review of literature on aspects of sound production in a clarinet which involve non-linearities of the flow in the instrument. We discuss the flow in the reed channel, the contribution of turbulenc e to the sound production, the vortex shedding at tone holes and the p ipe termination and finally we discuss the non-linear wave deformation in the pipe. Most of these effects can only be described qualitativel y on the basis of existing theories and the experimental data are insu fficient. Further research is welcome.