Publication list - Knut's Acoustics

Published in scientific, reviewed journals:

1992:  "Electromyography and Muscle Activities in Double Bass Playing". K. Guettler, Music Perception (University of California Press). Vol. 9, No. 3, pp303-310.

1992:  "The bowed string computer simulated - some characteristic features of the attack", K. Guettler, Catgut Acoust. Soc. J. #2, pp 22-26. Nov.

1994:  "Wave analysis of a string bowed to anomalous low frequencies" K. Guettler, Catgut Acoust. Soc. J. Vol. 2, No. 6 Series II, Nov.

1997:  "Acceptance limits for the duration of pre-Helmholtz transients in bowed string attacks" K. Guettler/A. Askenfelt, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Vol. 101, No 5, pp 2903-2913.

1998:  "On the kinematics of spiccato and ricochet bowing". K. Guettler/A. Askenfelt, JCAS Nov., Vol. 3, 6 (II) pp 9-15.

1998:  "The bouncing bow: an experimental study". A. Askenfelt/K. Guettler JCAS Nov., Vol. 3, 6 (II) pp 3-8.

2002: K. Guettler, "On playing "harmonics" (flageolet tones)" Catgut Acoust. Soc. J. Vol. 4, 5 (Series II), 7-9.

2002: K. Guettler, "On the creation of the Helmholtz motion in the bowed string" Acta Acustica united with Acustica Vol. 88, 970-985 (2002).

2003: Guettler, K., "A closer look at the string player's bowing gestures" Catgut Acoustical Society Journal Vol. 4 No. 7(II), 12-16.

2004: K. Guettler: "Looking at starting transients and tone coloring of the bowed string". Journal of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Vol. 18, 60-76.

2006: K. Guettler, "Simulation and analysis of the string-bridge interaction in instruments with a one-sided (bridge)  constraint". The Journal of ITC Sangeet Research Academy. Vol. 20, pp 83-97.

2008: E. Schoonderwaldt, K. Guettler and A. Askenfelt, "An empirical investigation of bow-force limits in the Schelleng diagram" Acta Acustica united with Acustica 94, pp 604-622.

2011: K. Guettler, "How does rosin affect sound?"  ASTA String Research Journal (II), pp 37 - 47.

2012: K. Guettler and Håkon Thelin,  "Bowed-string multiphonics analyzed by use of impulse response
and the Poisson summation formula" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Vol. 131 (1), Pt 2, pp 766-772.

2012: K. Guettler, A. Askenfelt, and A. Buen, "Double basses on the stage floor: Tuning fork–tabletop effect, or not?" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Vol. 131 (1), Pt 2, pp 795-806.

Published in scientific books and theses:

2001: K. Guettler, "Development of Helmholtz motion and related wave patterns in the bowed string" Licentiate thesis, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

2002: K. Guettler, "The bowed string—on the creation of the Helmholtz motion, and on the development of anomalous low frequencies" Doctoral dissertation, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

2002: "String instruments" K. Guettler and S. Hallam, thematic chapter in the book "Science and Psychology of Music Performance" R. Parncut and G. McPherson (Eds.), Oxford Univ. Press, New York, U.S.A. 303-317.

2003: K. Guettler (in Norwegian) "Om strengefysikk og bueteknikk - med sideblikk til forskning og formidling". "Flerstemmige innspill - En artikkelsamling". Ed.: I. M. Hanken, E. Nesheim and B. Bøntegaard. Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, 7-49.

2010: T. Halmrast, K. Guettler, R. Bader, et al. (2010). "Gesture and Timbre", chapter in: "Musical Gestures - Sound, Movement, and Meaning". Ed.: R. I. Godøy and M. Leman. Routledge, New York, 183 - 211.

2010: K. Guettler, "Bows, strings, and bowing" chapter 15 in Thomas Rossing (Ed.): "The Science of String Instruments" Springer Verlag, U.S.A. pp 279 – 299.

Nonscientific textbook:

1992: "A Guide to Advanced Modern Double Bass Technique", Guettler, Yorke Edition, London, England, 114 pages.

Selected conference proceedings and other publications:

1993:  K. Guettler, "Some changes of the spectrum caused by pitch flattening of the bowed string". Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC'93), pp 364 - 368. Sound example referred to in the text.

1995:  K. Guettler and A. Askenfelt, "Relation between bow resonances and the spectrum of a bowed string", Proc. International Symposium of Musical Acoustics, Dourdan, France, pp 232 - 237.

1995:  "Some aspects of bow resonances - conditions for spectral influence on the bowed string" K. Guettler and A. Askenfelt, Quarterly Report 2-3, Oct. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

1997:  "Analysis of the triggering delay in a string bowed to anomalous low frequencies" (invited paper) Proc. ASVA'97 (Acoustical Soc. of Japan).

1997:   "On simulation and analysis of the bowed string - technique and tools", K. Guettler, ASVA'97, Proc. (Acoustical Soc. of Japan).

1997:  "On the muscular activity of the performing violinist." Guettler/ Jahren/ Hartviksen/ Nesse/ Hansen, Proc. International Conference on Health and Musicians, York, England.

1997:  "Bow Notes", K. Guettler, (invited paper) keynote presentation, Proc. International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Edinburgh, Scotland.

1999:  "Musical acoustics, the music student and the music teacher" Guettler, Proc. Acoust. Soc. of Am. and the European Acoustical Association, Berlin.

2000: "The Hagetrø Violin" Guettler, Catgut Acoust. Soc. J. Vol. 4, No 2 (Ser. 2), Nov., pp
 11-12. (Submitted as "contributing editor of the CAS Journal").

2001: "Bows and timbre — myth or reality?" Askenfelt & Guettler, Proc. International Symposium of Music Acoustics, Perugia.

2001: "Prediction of violin radiation properties in the 200-700 Hz range" E. Jansson, L. H.  Morset & K. Guettler, Proc. International Symposium of Music Acoustics 2001, Perugia.

2003: "Bow speed or bowing position—which one influences the spectrum the most?" Guettler, K., Schoonderwaldt, E. and Askenfelt, A., Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC’03) Vol. I, 67-70.

2003: E. Schoonderwaldt, K. Guettler and A. Askenfelt, "Effect of the bow hair width on the violin spectrum" Proc. SMAC'03 (2003), Stockholm, Sweden. 91-94.

2004: K. Guettler: "Applications of the Bluestein filter in bowed-string analyses". Proc. International Symposium: Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music, Annamalai University, India.

2006: K. Guettler, "Some physical properties of the modern violin bow". International Centre for Mechanical Sciences. Pdf file at CISM web site, http://www.cism.it/.

2006: K. Guettler, "The violin bow in action – ‘A sound sculpturing wand’". International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, web site: http://www.cism.it/).

2007: K. Guettler, Askenfelt, A. and Buen, A.: "Double basses on the stage floor" Barcelona, proc. ISMA’07  (2007) – 8 pages.

2007: E. Schoonderwaldt, Guettler, K., and Askenfelt, A.: "Schelleng in retrospect – a systematic study of bow force limits for bowed violin strings"  Barcelona, proc. ISMA’07  (2007) – 8 pages.

2008: K. Guettler, H. Wilmers, and V. Johnson: "Victoria counts—a case study with electronic bow. ICMC2008, Belfast.

2008: K. Guettler, A. Buen and A. Askenfelt, "An in-depth analysis of the double bass-stage floor contact" Proc. 7th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics (2008), Oslo, Norway, Institute of Acoustics.

2010: K. Guettler, ”Bowing gesture analysis ― for whom, why, and how?  Proc. Vienna Talk 2010, pp 181 - 184.

A small scrap book:

Article in Physics Today (1995), describing the phenomenon of Anomalous Low Frequencies of the violin.

Article in Science News (1995), describing the phenomenon of Anomalous Low Frequencies of the violin.

(In Norwegian) Article in Aftenposten, June 16. 2002. Guettler being interviewed after having succesfully defended his doctorate dissertation.

(In Norwegian) Article in Forskning.no (June 21. 2002) about Guettler's doctor's degree.