Publications in voice and music acoustics

• Journal articles
• Book chapers
• Theses
• Conference papers
• Multimedia
• Technical and non-technical references
• Introductory material for non-technical readers
• Miscellaneous other publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Wolfe, J., Boutin, H., Hanna N. and Smith, J. (2024) "What might the trombone teach us about the singing voice?—a tutorial review" J. Voice, peer reviewed article in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.02.006
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Smith, J and Wolfe, J. (2023) "Recording and analysing physical control variables used in clarinet playing: A musical instrument performance capture and analysis toolbox (MIPCAT)", Frontiers in Signal Processing, 3, dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsip.2023.1089366
• Garnier, M., Smith, J., Wolfe, J. (2022) "Lip hyper-articulation in loud voice: Effect on resonance-harmonic proximity", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 152, 3695 - 3705, dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0016595
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe J. (2022) "Expressive goals for performing musicians: The case of clarinetists", Musicae Scientiae, dx.doi.org/10.1177/10298649221122155
• Almeida, A., Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2021) "Timbre Vibrato Perception and Description", Music Perception, 38, 282-292.
• Jeanneteau, M., Hanna, N., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "Using visual feedback to tune the second vocal tract resonance for singing in the high soprano range", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 47, 25-34 DOI: 10.1080/14015439.2020.1834612
• Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "‘Warming up’ a wind instrument: The time-dependent effects of exhaled air on the resonances of a trombone" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 148, 1817-1823. Copyright (2020) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America.
• Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "Trombone lip mechanics with inertive and compliant loads ("lipping up and down")" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 147, 4133-4144. Copyright (2020) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America.
• Wolfe, J., & Sushkov, O. P. (2019). "The sound of black holes fusing." Nature Physics, 15, 1206.
• Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "How the acoustic resonances of the subglottal tract affect the impedance spectrum measured through the lips" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 143, 2639-2650. Copyright (2018) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America.
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "The mechanism for initial transients on the clarinet" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 142, 3376-3386. Copyright (2017) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America.
• Almeida, A., Schubert, E., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "Brightness scaling of periodic tones" Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1394-6.
• Wade, L. Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2017) "The role of vocal tract and subglottal resonances in producing vocal instabilities" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 141, 1546-1559. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America.
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "The effect of blowing pressure, lip force and tonguing on transients: A study using a clarinet-playing machine" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 140, 1089–1100. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Frequencies, bandwidths and magnitudes of vocal tract and surrounding tissue resonances, measured through the lips during phonation" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 139, 2924–2936. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Wolfe, J., Chu, D., Chen, J.-M. and Smith J. (2016) "An experimentally measured Source-Filter model: glottal flow, vocal tract gain and radiated sound from a physical model," Acoust. Australia, 44, 187–191.
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "How clarinettists articulate: The effect of blowing pressure and tonguing on initial and final transients" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 139, 825-838. Copyright (2016) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Voicelikeness of musical instruments: A literature review of acoustical, psychological and expressiveness perspectives" Musicae Scientiae, 20, 248-262. DOI: 10.1177/1029864916631393.
• Boutin, H., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Laryngeal flow due to longitudinal sweeping motion of the vocal folds and its contribution to auto-oscillation" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 138, 146-149. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Johnson-Read, L., Chmiel, A. Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Performing lieder: expert perspectives and comparison of vibrato and singer's formant with opera singers". J. Voice, 29, 645.e15-645.e32, doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2014.10.020
• Boutin, H., Fletcher, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Relationships between pressure, flow, lip motion, and upstream and downstream impedances for the trombone" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 137, 1195-1209. Copyright (2015) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Li, W., Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "Effect of vocal tract resonances on the sound spectrum of the saxophone" Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101, 270-278.
• Wolfe, J., Fletcher, N.H. and Smith, J. (2015) "Interactions between wind instruments and their players" Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101, 211-223.
• Titze, I. R., Baken, R. J., Bozeman, K. W., Granqvist, S., Henrich, N., Herbst, C. T., Howard, D. M., Hunter, E. J., Kaelin, D., Kent, R. D., Kreiman, J., Kob, M., Löfqvist, A., McCoy, S., Miller, D. G., Noé, H., Ronald C., Scherer, R. C., Smith, J. R., Story, B. H., Švec, J. G., Ternström, S., Wolfe, J. (2015) “Toward a consensus on symbolic notation of harmonics, resonances, and formants in vocalization” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137, 3005-3007.
• Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Producing undistorted acoustic sine waves" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 135, 1665-1667. Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 135, 1665-1667) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Henrich Bernadoni, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: variation with laryngeal mechanism for male operatic singers" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 135, 491-501. Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 135, 491-501) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "The effect of nearby timpani strokes on horn playing" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 135, 472-478. Copyright (2014) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 135, 472-478) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Almeida, A., George, D., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "The clarinet: How blowing pressure, lip force, lip position and reed “hardness” affect pitch, sound level, and spectrum" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 134, 2247-2255. Copyright (2013) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 134, 2247-2255) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Chu, D.T.W., Li, K., Epps, J., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Experimental evaluation of inverse filtering using physical systems with known glottal flow and tract characteristics" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 133, EL358-362. Copyright (2013) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 133, EL358-362) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Ghonim, A., Lim, J., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "The division of the perceptual vowel plane for different accents of English and the characteristic separation required to distinguish vowels" Acoustics Australia, 41, 160-164.
• Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "The rise of fixed pitch systems and the slide of continuous pitch: A note for emotion in music research about portamento", J. Interdisciplinary Music Studies.
• Bourne, T. and Garnier, M. (2012) "Physiological and acoustic characteristics of the female music theater voice" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 131, 1586-1594. Copyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 131, 1586-1594) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Crevier-Buchman, L., Vincent, C., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Glottal behavior in the high soprano range and the transition to the whistle register" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 131, 951-962. Copyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 131, 951-962) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Do trumpet players tune resonances of the vocal tract?" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 131, 722-727. Copyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 131, 722-727) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: Strategies used by sopranos, altos, tenors, and baritones" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 129, 1024-1035. Copyright (2011) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 29, 1024-1035) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Saxophonists tune vocal tract resonances in advanced performance techniques" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 129, 415-426. Copyright (2011) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 129, 415-426) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Kob, M. Henrich, N. Howard, D., Herzel, H., Tokuda, I. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Analysing and understanding the singing voice: recent progress and open questions" Current Bioinformatics. 6, 362-374.
• Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Vocal tract adjustments in the high soprano range" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 127, 3771-3780. Copyright (2010) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 127, 3771-3780) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Swerdlin, Y., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The effect of whisper and creak vocal mechanisms on vocal tract resonances" J. Acoust. Soc. America. 127, 2590-2598. Copyright (2010) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 127, 2590-2598) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Ghonim, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "An automated web technique for a large-scale study of perceived vowels in regional varieties of English." Acoustics Australia, 38, 152-155.
• Wolfe, J.  and Schubert, E. (2010) "Did non-vocal instrument characteristics influence modern singing" Musica Humana, 2, 121–138.
• Almeida, A., Chow, R, Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "The kinetics and acoustics of fingering and note transitions on the flute” J. Acoust. Soc. America, 126, 1521-1529. Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 126, 1521-1529) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Pitch bending and glissandi on the clarinet: roles of the vocal tract and partial tone hole closure" J. Acoust. Soc. America, 126, 1511-1520. Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 126, 1511-1520) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Vowel-pitch matching in Wagner's operas: implications for intelligibility and ease of singing", JASA Express Letters, J. Acoust. Soc. America, 125, EL196. Copyright (2009) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 125, EL196) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Wolfe, J., Garnier, M. and Smith, J. (2009) "Vocal tract resonances in speech, singing and playing musical instruments" Human Frontier Science Program Journal, 3, 6-23.
• Chen, J.M., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Saxophone acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra" Acoustics Australia, 37, 18-23.
• Chen, J.M., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Experienced saxophonists learn to tune their vocal tracts", Science, 319, 776.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2008) "Acoustical coupling between lip valves and vocal folds", Acoustics Australia, 36, 23-27.
• Dickens, P., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Improved precision measurements of acoustic impedance spectra using resonance-free calibration loads and controlled error distribution", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 121, 1471-1481. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 121, 1471-1481) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Kulik, Y. (2007) "Transfer matrix of conical waveguides with any geometric parameters for increased precision in computer modeling", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 122, EL179-EL184. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 122, EL179-EL184) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Smith, J., Rey, G., Dickens. P., Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki): III. Determinants to playing quality", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 121, 547-558. Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 121, 547-558) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Henrich, N., Kiek, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Resonance strategies in Bulgarian women's singing", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 32, 171-177.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J., and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Branched ducts and the didjeriduo", Acoustics Australia, 35, 51-55.
• Dickens, P., France, R., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "Clarinet acoustics: introducing a compendium of impedance and sound spectra". Acoustics Australia, 35, 17-24.
• Botros, A., Smith,. J. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "The Virtual Flute: An advanced fingering guide generated via machine intelligence", J. New Music Research, 35, 183-196.
• Schubert, E. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "Does Timbral Brightness Scale with Frequency and Spectral Centroid?",Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 92, 820-825.
• Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2006)"Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) I: Experiment", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 119, 1194-1204. Copyright (2006) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 119, 1194-1204) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2006) "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) II: Theory", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 119, 1205-1213. Copyright (2006) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 119, 1205-121) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Wolfe, J. and Hatsidimitris, G. (2006) "Introduction to relativity: a multi-level, multi-media resource", Teaching Science, 52, 28-31.
• Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "The vocal tract and the sound of a didgeridoo". Nature, 436, 39.
• Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "How do clarinet players adjust the resonances of their vocal tracts for different playing effects?", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 118, 3306-3315. Copyright (2005) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 118, 3306-3315) and may be found at ( J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Bavu, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Torsional waves in a bowed string". Acustica, 91, 241-246.
• Inta, R., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Measurement of the effect on violins of ageing and playing". Acoustics Australia, 33, 25-29.
• Fletcher, N.H., Smith, J., Tarnopolsky, A. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "Acoustic impedance measurements - correction for probe geometry mismatch". J. Acoust. Soc. America, 117, 2889-2895. Copyright (2005) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 117, 2889-2895) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America,).
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos", Nature, 427, 116.
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Vocal tract resonances in singing: the soprano voice", J. Acoust. Soc. America, 116, 2434-2439. Copyright (2004) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 116, 2434-2439) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America,).
• Donaldson, T., Wang, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Vocal tract resonances: a preliminary study of sex differences for young Australians", Acoustics Australia, 31, 95-98.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2003) "Cut off frequencies and cross fingering in baroque, classical and modern flutes"J. Acoust. Soc. America, 114, 2263-2272. Copyright (2003) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The preceeding article appeared in (JASA 114, 2263-2272) and may be found at (J. Acoust. Soc. America).
• Lavan, D., Hogg, S. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "Why do bell plates ring?". Acoustics Australia, 31, 55-58. 31, 55-58
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2002) "The virtual Boehm flute--a web service that predicts multiphonics, microtones and alternative fingerings", Acoustics Australia, 30, 61-65.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustic impedance of classical and modern flutes" Journal of Sound and Vibration , 243, 127-144.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Tann, J. and Fletcher, N.H. (2001) "Acoustics of classical and modern flutes: a compendium of impedance spectra, sound spectra, sounds and fingerings" JSV+. Electronic supplement. Originally at http://journals.harcourt-international.com/journals/jsv/supplementary/suppindex.htm, now here.
• Wolfe, J., Carter, P., Parker, S., Fearn, R., and Frampton, N. (Patent, 2001) "Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus". (International publication date: 18/1/2001; priority date: 13/7/1999). Australia (App'n No 56652/00), Canada (TBA), Japan (TBA), US (TBA) and Europe (Appn No 00941808.8)
• Fearn, R, Carter, P. and Wolfe, J. (1999) "The perception of pitch by users of cochlear implants: possible significance for rate and place theories of pitch"; Acoustics Australia, 27, 41-43.
• Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1998) "Learning to pronounce vowel sounds in a foreign language using acoustic measurements of the vocal tract as feedback in real time". Language and Speech, 41, 1-20.
• Harjono, R.D. and Dunlop, J. I. (1998) "Acoustical Properties of some Australian and Indonesian woods." Catgut Acoustical Soc. J. 3, 10-14.
• Smith, JR, Henrich, N and Wolfe, J (1997) "The acoustic impedance of the Boehm flute: standard and some non-standard fingerings" Proc. Inst. Acoustics 19, 315-330.
• Epps, J., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "A novel instrument to measure acoustic resonances of the vocal tract during speech" Measurement Science and Technology 8, 1112-1121.
• Smith JR (1995) "Phasing of harmonic components to optimize measured signal-to-noise ratios of transfer functions, Measurement Science and Technology 6, 1343-1348

Book chapters

• Wolfe, J. (2022) "Woodwind and Brass Instruments", in Gary E. McPherson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2, Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190058869.013.16
• Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "The mechanics and acoustics of the singing voice: registers, resonances and the source-filter interaction", in The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development, Russo, F.A., Ilari, B., Cohen, A.J. editors. Taylor & Francis.
• Wolfe, J. (2012) "Musical sounds and musical signals" in Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music. A. Brown (ed.) ISBN 13: 978-1-4438-3912-9. This has a web appendix "Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals"

Theses

• Li, Weicong. (2016) The physics of playing clarinet and saxophone: how players control articulation and timbre.
• Hanna, Noel. (2014) Investigations of the acoustics of the vocal tract and vocal folds in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro.
  
  (Thesis in cotutelle: The University of New South Wales et l'Université de Grenoble.)
• Chen, Jer-Ming. (2009) Vocal tract interactions in woodwind performance.
• McLennan, John (2009) The violin: music acoustics from baroque to romantic.
• McLennan, John. (2017) The Soundpost in the violin. This small volume contains six of John's papers and some introductory material. Available as e-book or hardcopy from www.Xlibris.com.
• Dickens, Paul. (2007) Flute acoustics: measurement, modelling and design
• Inta, Ra. (2007) The acoustics of the steel string guitar.
• Fritz, Claudia. (2004) La clarinette et le clarinettiste : Influence du conduit vocal sur la production du son.
  
  (Thesis in cotutelle: Université Pierre et Marie Curie and The University of New South Wales.)
• Botros, Andrew (2001) Data Mining for Alternate Fingerings and Multiphonics of the Modern Flute. (More on this project here.)
• Fearn, Robert. (2001) Music and pitch perception of cochlear implant recipients.

Conference papers

• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J.(2023) "A review of didjeridu (didgeridoo) acoustics" Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035004. doi.org/10.1121/2.0001868.
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Schubert, E., Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2023) "MIPCAT - A Music Instrument Performance Capture and Analysis Toolbox" In D’Amario S, Ternström S, Friberg A (Eds.), Proc Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 2023, 14-15 June 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 126-133. DOI: 10.30746/978-91-8040-865-3, ISBN: 978-91-8040-865-3.
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Schubert, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2023) "How a Clarinettist Conveys Emotion in Music Playing: Measuring Player Gestures and Signal Parameters Using a New Toolbox" In D’Amario S, Ternström S, Friberg A (Eds.), Proc Stockholm Music Acoust Conf 2023, 14-15 June 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 134-139. DOI: 10.30746/978-91-8040-865-3, ISBN: 978-91-8040-865-3.
• Jeanneteau, M., Hanna, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "A real-time feedback system for vocal tract tuning." International Symposium of Music Acoustics, Detmold, Germany.
  
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Inwood, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "Clarinet tonguing: the mechanism for transient production." International Symposium of Music Acoustics, Detmold, Germany.
  
• Almeida, A., Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "Modelling the spectral evolution of transients in wind instruments." 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. Montreal.
• Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2019) "The acoustics of the trombone: how do players lip up and down?" 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. Montreal.
• Rodriguez, A., Hanna, N., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "Estimation of vocal tract and trachea area functions from impedance spectra measured through the lips" Proc. 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. ISSN 2207-1296. pp 77-80. doi.org/10.26190/asf1-sm30.
• Lehoux, H., Almeida, A., Hanna, N., Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2018) "Estimating pressure and flow at the glottis in a vocal tract-like duct from microphone measurements at the mouth" Proc. 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. ISSN 2207-1296. pp 81-84. doi.org/10.26190/ybnv-8146.
• Wade, L., Hanna, N., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "Soprano singing, with and without resonances" Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 28 (1), 035002, http://asa.scitation.org/doi.org/10.1121/2.0000354.
• Hanna, N., Amatoury, J., Smith J. and Wolfe, J. (2016) "How long is a vocal tract? Comparison of acoustic impedance spectrometry with magnetic resonance imaging" Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 28 (1), 060001 http://asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/2.0000400
• Almeida, A. (2016) "Non-stationary tones in reed instruments: A sequence of stationary states?", The International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics, La Plata, Buenos Aires. F. Miyara, ed. paper 85.
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J.(2016) "Controlling the transients and timbre on single reed instruments", The International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics, La Plata, Buenos Aires. F. Miyara, ed. paper 86.
• Smith, J., Chu, D. and Wolfe, J. (2015) "You can't measure it but you can know it: precisely synthesising acoustic flow" Acoustics 2015, Hunter Valley, Australia, paper 72.
• Wolfe, J. (2014) "Circle of Fourths: an orchestral overture", in The Art of Physics, Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra, December 2014.
• Boutin H., Fletcher N., Smith J. and Wolfe J. (2014) "Lipping down on the trombone: phases of lip motion and pressures", ISMA2014, Le Mans, France, pp. 119-124.
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Tongue control and its coordination with blowing pressure in clarinet playing", ISMA2014, Le Mans, France, pp. 541-546.
• Li, W., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Tongue, lip and breath interactions in clarinet playing: a study using a playing machine", ICSV21, Beijing, pp. 321-329.
• Boutin, H., Fletcher, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Lip motion, the playing frequency of the trombone and upstream and downstream impedances" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 483-489.
• Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Timpani-horn interactions at the player's lips" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 490-494.
• Li, W., Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2013) "Vocal tract effects on the timbre of the saxophone" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp 415-418.
• Smith, J., Wolfe, J., Henrich, H. and Garnier, M. (2013) "Diverse resonance tuning strategies for women singers" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 306-310.
• Wolfe, J., Almeida, A., Chen, J.-M., George, D., Hanna, N. and Smith, J. (2013) "The player-wind instrument interaction" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp 323-330.
• Wolfe, J., Hatsidimitris, G., Smith, J. and Tann, J. (2013) "Teaching physics via the web using music acoustics" SMAC2013, Stockholm, pp. 668-672.
• Hanna, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2012) "Low frequency response of the vocal tract: acoustic and mechanical resonances and their losses" in Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Proc. Ann. Conf. Aust. Acoustical Soc., McGinn, T. (ed)
• Wolfe, J. and, Schubert, E. (2012) "Stable, quantised pitch in singing and instrumental music: signals, acoustics and possible origins" in Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Proc. Ann. Conf. Aust. Acoustical Soc., McGinn, T. (ed)
• Smith, J., Henrich, N., Garnier, M. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "The acoustics of registers and resonances in singing" Proc. Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, D.J. Mee and I.D.M. Hillock, editors.
• Smith, J., Rey, G. and Wolfe, J. (2011) "Correlations among subjective performance qualities and objective acoustical parameters of the didjeridu" Proc. Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, D.J. Mee and I.D.M. Hillock, editors.
• Wolfe, J., Chen, J.M. and Smith, J. (2010) "The acoustics of wind instruments – and of the musicians who play them" Int. Cong. Acoustics, Sydney, 2010. M. Burgess, editor. (Plenary lecture)
• Dickens, P., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Improved method of measuring reflection or impedance spectra using adapted signal spectra and resonance-free calibrations" Int. Cong. Acoustics, Sydney, 2010. M. Burgess, editor.
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Wagner's music is even better than it sounds: resonance tuning produced by matching vowels with pitch" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Bourne, T. and Garnier, M. (2010) "Physiological and Acoustic Characteristics of the Female Music Theatre Voice in ‘belt’ and ‘legit’ qualities" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Wollman, I., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The low down on the double bass: looking for the effects of torsional modes" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Dell, N., James, R., Davidson, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The effect of hand and mute on the impedance spectra of the horn" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "The tuning of vocal resonances and the upper limit to the high soprano range" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "How players use their vocal tracts in advanced clarinet and saxophone performance" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Alméida, A., Lemare, J., Sheahan, M., Judge, J., Auvray, R., Dang, K.S., John, S., Geoffoy, J., Katupitiya, J., Santus, P., Skougarevsky, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Clarinet parameter cartography: automatic mapping of the sound produced as a function of blowing pressure and reed force" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Almeida, A. Deviliers, M. Chow, R., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2010) "Practice makes less imperfect: the effects of experience and practice on the kinetics and coordination of flutists' fingers" Int. Symp. Music Acoustics, Sydney & Katoomba, 2010. J. Smith, editor.
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2009) "Wagner’s music is even better than it sounds: implications of vowel-pitch matching for intelligibility and ease of singing" In Second International Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney.
• Chen, J.M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2008) "How to play the first bar of Rhapsody in Blue", Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J and Wolfe, J. (2008) "Improving the quality of a simple plastic ‘didjeridu’" Proc. Acoustics 2008, Geelong, Australia, Australia. T. McGinn, editor.
• Garnier, M., Wolfe, J., Henrich, N. and Smith, J. (2008) "Interrelationship between vocal effort and vocal tract acoustics: a pilot study", INTERSPEECH-2008, pp. 2302-2305.
• Wolfe, J. (2007) "Speech and music: acoustics and signals and the relation between them" Inaugural Conference on Music Communication Science, Sydney. pp 176-179. E. Schubert, K. Buckley, R. Eliott, B. Koboroff, J. Chen and C. Stevens (eds).
• Smith, J., Henrich, N. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Resonance tuning in singing", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
• Chen, J-M., Laurin, D., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in recorder performance", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
  
• Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A, Fletcher, N. Hollenberg, L., Lange, B., and Smith, J. (2007) "The acoustics of the player-didjeridu system", 19th International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid.
  
• Smith, J., Rey, G. and Wolfe, J. (2007) "What makes a good didjeridu?", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
  
• Chen, J-M., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J., (2007) "Vocal tract interactions in saxophone performance", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
  
• Wolfe, J., Henrich, N., Kiek, M. and Smith, J. (2007) "Seriously loud and noticeably different: the acoustics of Bulgarian women’s singing style", International Symposium on Music Acoustics, Barcelona, Agulló, J. and Barjau, A., eds.
• Schneider, M., Smith, J. and Wolfe J. (2007) "The 'didjeriduo': musical implications of a three-port branched duct" International Conference on Sound and Vibration.
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2005) "The role of vocal tract resonances in singing and in playing wind instruments". in "Acoustics in a changing environment". ed T. McMinn. Publishers Australian Acoustical Society. (ISBN 0-900882-23-1) 297 - 303.
• Schubert, E., Wolfe, J. and Tarnopolsky, A. (2004) "Spectral centroid and timbre in complex, multiple instrumental textures" International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, NorthWestern University, Illinois. (Lipscomb, S.D, Ashley, R., Gjerdingen, R.O. and Webster, P., eds.) 654-657.
• Bavu, E., Yew, M., Plaçais, P-Y, Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Rotational and translational waves in a bowed string", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 100-103.
• Lavan, D, Hogg, S and Wolfe, J. (2004) "The acoustics of bell plates", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. (Invited paper) pp 308-311.
• Joliveau, E., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2004) "Direct measurements of the tuning of vocal tract resonances by sopranos", Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan. pp 171-174.
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2003) "The 'Virtual Flute': acoustics modelling at the service of players and composers". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 247-250.
• Fritz, C., Wolfe, J., Kergomard, J. and Caussé, R. (2003) "Playing frequency shift due to the interaction between the vocal tract of the musician and the clarinet". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 263-266.
• Smith, J., Wolfe, J. and Green, M. (2003) "Head joint, embouchure hole and filtering effects on the input impedance of flutes". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 295-298.
• Wolfe, J., Tarnopolsky, A.Z., Fletcher, N.H., Hollenberg, L.C.L. and Smith, J. (2003) "Some effects of the player's vocal tract and tongue on wind instrument sound". Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC 03), (R. Bresin, ed) Stockholm, Sweden. 307-310.
• Wolfe, J. (2003) "From ideas to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust. (Plenary Lecture.) Reprinted (2018) in Substantia, 2, 77-91. doi: 10.13128/substantia-42
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J. and Green, M. (2003) "The effects of placement of the head joint stopper on the impedance spectra of transverse flutes". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust.
• Inta, R, and Smith, J. (2003) "Determining top plate profiles in assembled guitars via measurements of magnetic field". Proc. Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, Melbourne. (C. Don, ed.) Aust. Acoust. Soc., Castlemaine, Aust.
• Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for'". Proc. 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert, J. Renwick, eds., pp 10-13. This paper also gave rise to an "extraordinary plenary session": a musical and scientific debate on the topic. See multimedia (below).
• Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Tone holes and cross fingerings in wood wind instruments" International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, Session 8.09, pp 14-15.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2001) "Embouchures and end effects in air-jet instruments" International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, Session 8.06, pp 8-9.
• Fletcher, N., Hollenberg, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "The didjeridu and the vocal tract" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 87-90.
• Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Fletcher, N., and McGee, T. (2001) "The Baroque and Classical flutes and the Boehm revolution" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 505-508.
• Botros, A., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2001) "Alternative fingerings and multiphonics: measurements, analyses and databases" Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Perugia. D.Bonsi, D.Gonzalez, D.Stanzial, eds, pp 509-512.
• Fearn, R. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "Relative Importance of Rate and Place: Experiments Using Pitch Scaling Techniques with Cochlear Implant Recipients" in 7th Symp. Cochlear Implants in Children, Gantz et al., eds., published in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 109 supplement, 51-53.
• Wolfe, J. and Smith, J. (2000) "Acoustics of the air-jet family of instruments". Proc. Seventh Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conf., Kumamoto, Japan, pp 575-580.
• Kaehler, B. Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "Longueurs caracteristiques sur la plage vocalique" Actes des XXIIIemes Journees d'Etude sur la Parole, pp 333-336.
• Smith, J., Fritz, C. and Wolfe, J. (2000) "A new technique for the rapid measurement of the acoustic impedance of wind instruments" (Proc. Seventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 4-7 July 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Eds G. Guidati, H. Hunt, H. Heller and A. Heiss) Vol III pp. 1833 - 1840.
• Epps, J., Dowd, A., Smith, J.R. and Wolfe, J. (1997) "Real time measurements of the vocal tract resonances during speech"Eurospeech'97 (conference proceedings, Rhodes), 721-724.

Multimedia

• Wolfe, J. Hatsidimitris, G. and Smith, J. (2009) "Physclips: Waves and Sound" One volume of a multi-level multimedia introduction to physics.
• Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, acoustics and coding, and what music might be 'for'". The " extraordinary plenary session": a musical and scientific debate on the topic. From the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney. K Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert, J. Renwick, eds.
• Wolfe, J (1992) "The Science of Music", (set of six tapes and booklet) ABC, Sydney
• Wolfe, J (1994) An interactive introduction to the orchestra For children's choir or music class and symphony orchestra.
• Music Acoustics - the laboratory web site.
• Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals. A multimedia appendix for a book chapter: Wolfe, J. (2012) "Musical sounds and musical signals" in Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music. A. Brown (ed.) ISBN 13: 978-1-4438-3912-9 Musical sounds, musical instruments and musical signals. .

Music scores

• Wolfe, J. (2010) "Circle of fourths" Orchestral overture investigating the musical possibilities of the circle of fourths.
• Wolfe, J. (2003) "Concerto for trumpet and orchestra"
• Wolfe, J. (2002) "Speech and music, effability and ineffability". A plenary oratorio for the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney.
• Wolfe, J. (1999) "Overture" written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UNSW Orchestra.
• Wolfe, J. (1998) "Quartet for flute, saxophone, bassoon and cello"
• Wolfe, J. (1994) "Conjunction: an interactive introduction to the orchestra" for combined school music classes and orchestra.
• Wolfe, J. (1992) "Sydney Sketches" Four movements of symphonic program music.
• Wolfe, J. (1991) "The Stairway Suite" Seven orchestral variations on a pop song, in the styles of seven different composers.

Technical and non-technical references

For a list of some of our preferred reference books in music acoustics, including some written for readers with no technical background, follow this link.

More introductory material for non-technical readers

• How Do Woodwind Instruments Work?
• Violin acoustics. An index to a several pages about the acoustics of bowed string instruments.
• What is a decibel?
• What is a sound spectrum?
• What is acoustic impedance and why is it important?
• Pipes and Harmonics. Why do closed conical bores have the same set of resonances as open cylindrical bores? (This is one of the most FAQs in musical acoustics.)
• How harmonic are harmonics? (A more subtle FAQ in musical acoustics.)
• The Science of Music. Interviews with leading musicians, musical examples and laboratory examples.
• An interactive introduction to the orchestra For children's choir or music class and symphony orchestra.

Miscellaneous other publications, some examples

• Wolfe, J. (2022) "Woodwind and Brass Instruments", in Gary E. McPherson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2, Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190058869.013.16
• Garnier, M., Henrich, N., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2020) "The mechanics and acoustics of the singing voice: registers, resonances and the source-filter interaction", in The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development, Russo, F.A., Ilari, B., Cohen, A.J. editors. Taylor & Francis.
• Wolfe, J. and Sushkov, O.P. (2019) "The sound of black holes fusing" Nat. Phys. 15, 1206 doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0686-2
• Li, W., Almeida, A., Inwood, L., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2018) "Science of articulation: some recent scientific studies of clarinet tonguing" Clarinet & Saxophone, Autumn, 32-35.
• Wolfe, J. (2018) "From idea to acoustics and back again: the creation and analysis of information in music" Substantia, 2, 77-91, 2018. DOI: 10.13128/substantia-42 (Reprint of plenary lecture to Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conference, 2003.)
• Wolfe, J. (2018) "The acoustics of woodwind musical instruments" Acoustics Today, 14, 50-56.
• Boutin, H., Smith, J. and Wolfe, J. (2014) "Infrasound sensitivity and harmonic distortion" Acoustics Australia 42, 137.
• Wolfe, J. (2011) Physics Education: Resources and Recovery (Education medal for 2010) Australian Physics, 48, 14-17.
• Wolfe, J (2008) "Is there really no sound in space?" Acoustics Australia 36, 104.
• Wolfe, J. (2002) Interesting and inexpensive experiments for high school physics.
• Wolfe, J. (2002) " Think Straight". New Scientist, July 6, 2002.
• Wolfe, J. (2001) "Venice: an acoustical paradise The Sydney Morning Herald, June 16, 2001, p1 of the travel section.
• Wolfe, J. (1997) "Cosmology, Teleology and Danish Grandmothers" in All Us Apes, R. Williams, ed., pp 58-64. ABC Sydney.
• Wolfe, J. (1985) "The legal and moral status of embryos" Nature, 315, 92.
• Some pieces in the "Ask the experts" section of The Science Teacher (the journal of the American Association of Science Teachers), including centripetal force and spin and superheating.