Cylindrical Sections: Frequency-Domain Approach

No wind instrument is constructed of a perfectly uniform cylindrical pipe. However, it is possible to approximate non-uniform bore shapes with cylindrical sections, as illustrated in Fig. 13. This approach can be pursued in either the frequency- or the time-domain.

Figure 13: A non-uniform bore (a) and its approximation in terms of cylindrical sections (b).
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