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Ingegneria Sismica

Ingegneria Sismica

Chinese suona timbre in the orchestral layers of Western symphonies

Author(s): Linfu Ta1, Mingge Li1
1National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, 94, Evlogi i Hristo Georgievi Blvd., Sofia 1142, Bulgaria
Ta, Linfu. and Li, Mingge. “Chinese suona timbre in the orchestral layers of Western symphonies.” Ingegneria Sismica Volume 43 Issue 1: 1-23, doi:10.65102/is2026103.

Abstract

Timbre is a complex and abstract multi-dimensional attribute, and together with other musical attributes such as pitch and loudness, it constitutes the basic elements of music. On the basis of analyzing the timbral properties of the suona and the duration and acoustic characteristics of the onset phase, this paper explores the use of the suona in practical training, as well as the way of collaboration between the suona and the orchestra, and analyzes the speed-strength visualization of three suona players. It was found that the fundamental and overtones of the soprano suona, alto suona, and bass suona showed an integer ratio of about 1:2:3:4 …… and responded well to the frequency ranges of 1000-4000Hz, 700-3000Hz, and 250-1400Hz, respectively, with their resonance peak ranges decreasing in descending order according to frequency. The resonance peak range decreases in descending order of frequency. The law of the resonance length of suona instrument is that the resonance length becomes shorter with the elevation of the sound area in a single instrument, and in the same kind of instrument, the low, middle and high voices also have this law, and the resonance length becomes shorter with the elevation of the sound area. In addition, in symphonic concerto, the collaboration between suona and orchestra mainly has the requirements of tempo, air mouth, non-homogeneous rhythmic phrases and so on. This paper makes an important exploration for realizing the creative transformation and innovative development of suona music.

Keywords
suona; timbre characteristics; starting duration; orchestral concerto; visualization analysis

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