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David Sharp is a senior lecturer in the Mathematics, Computing and Technology Faculty at The Open University.

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The Roundtable Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By Dr Patricia Ash (The Open University), Dr Wendy Maples (The Open University), Dr David Sharp (The Open University), Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University), Glynda Easterbrook (The Open University), Dr Susie West (The Open University)

21 July 2010

The fifth series of Coast marks the end of a relationship between the Coast production team and Open University experts that has lasted the best...  Read more : The Roundtable

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The sea sounds experiment Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Dr David Sharp (The Open University)

07 July 2009

David Sharp takes his microphone and shell into a recording studio to find out why you can hear the sounds of the sea when you...  Read more : The sea sounds experiment

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What Makes A Sound Musical?BBC

By Dr David Sharp (The Open University)

16 July 2004

We look at the defining characteristics that make a sound musical  Read more : What Makes A Sound Musical?

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What is sound?BBC

By Dr David Sharp (The Open University)

15 July 2004

We hear it all the time - but what is sound?  Read more : What is sound?

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Prechtl, Anthony; Milne, Andrew J.; Holland, Simon; Laney, Robin and Sharp, David B. (2012). A MIDI sequencer that widens access to the compositional possibilities of novel tunings. Computer Music Journal, 36(1), (In press).

Sharp, David (2012). Mutual benefits of collaborations between instrument
makers, musicians and acousticians. In: Acoustics 2012, 23-27 April 2012, Nantes, France.

Mamou-Mani, Adrien; Placido, Laetitia and Sharp, David (2012). Physical and perceptual differences between two trumpets of the same model type. In: Acoustics 2012, 23-27 April 2012, Nantes, France.

Kowal, Paulina; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram (2012). Correlating differences in the playing properties of five student model clarinets with physical differences between them. In: Acoustics 2012, 23-27 April 2012, Nantes, France.

Meurisse, Thibaut; Mamou-Mani, Adrien; Causse, Rene and Sharp, David (2012). Active control applied to wind instruments. In: Acoustics 2012, 23-27 April 2012, Nantes, France.

Mamou-Mani, Adrien; Sharp, David; Meurisse, Thibaut and Ring, William (2012). Investigating the consistency of woodwind instrument manufacturing by comparing five nominally identical oboes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(1), pp. 728–736.

Placido, Laetitia; Mamou-Mani, Adrien and Sharp, David (2011). Investigating perceptual differences between two trumpets of the same model type. Applied Acoustics, 72(12), pp. 907–914.

Sutton, Yvonne; Moore, John; Sharp, David and Braithwaite, Nicholas St.J (2011). Looking into a plasma loudspeaker. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 39(11), pp. 2146–2147.

Sharp, David; Mamou-Mani, Adrien and van Walstijn, Maarten (2011). A single microphone capillary-based system for measuring the complex input impedance of musical wind instruments. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 97(5), pp. 819–829.

Milne, Andrew J.; Sethares, William A.; Laney, Robin and Sharp, David B. (2011). Modelling the similarity of pitch collections with expectation tensors. Journal of Mathematics and Music: Mathematical and Comptational Approaches to Music Theory, Analysis, Composition and Performance, 5(1), pp. 1–20.

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David Sharp is a senior lecturer in the Mathematics, Computing and Technology Faculty at The Open University. His research interests are in the field of musical acoustics, in particular measuring and evaluating the playing characteristics of wind instruments. David regularly delivers interactive talks on sound to both local schoolchildren and the general public. He is also an academic consultant for the BBC Coast series and has appeared on the programme several times, carrying out acoustic measurements and demonstrations.

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