ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS BASSOON FINGERINGS IN MOZART´S INTROITUS

Abstract

The work contains the analysis of selected bassoon fingerings, namely the first four bars of the Introitus part from W. A. Mozart’s Requiem. The takes were recorded in the anechoic room at the BUT Brno. The loudness curves, formants, spectral qualities using FFT are evaluated, and brightness, sharpness, spectral centroid are also measured. The duty cycles of
the wave, including a pulse with a constant width, are taken into account, in connection with other double reed instruments. The analysis was performed both for entire phrases and for isolated tones. The fingering data are compared with each other (strengths and weaknesses) and evaluated from the point of view of aesthetics, i.e. how suitable the given fingering is for
a different style and various interpretations.