Resonance in Wind Instruments
Question:
How does resonance in wind instruments work to make its sounds?
What is overtune?
Answer:
The energy imparted by the musician's breath causes either
her lips or a reed, or a slot to vibrate in a complicated way
which includes many frequencies. By altering the physical
characteristics of the instrument by opening of closing ports or
valves one, or a range, of the available frequencies are
amplified through resonance because the energy being reflected
back to the oscillator is in phase at the chosen frequencies.
I am not familiar with the term overtune. It sounds like it
might have to do with the broadening of the band of selected
frequencies by a slight mismatch between the frequencies of the
driving source and the resonance of the chamber.
Regards,
JDJ