hello julien,

there are many different kinds of bells, but as peiman has already pointed
out, the main characteristics are:

1. inharmonic spectra;
2. amplitude envelope with sharp attack and exponential decay;
3. higher partials decay faster than lower ones, producing a spectral
envelope also with exponential decay.

any sound with those characteristics will sound more or less like a
"bell". i don't have Benade's book at hand, but i remember there was a
chapter on bells, with the frequencies of a couple of bell spectra.

in case it is of any use, i attach a csd file adapted from csound code
written by andrew horner, based on the analysis of a traditional chinese
bell.

best,

lj





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