Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-04 Thread Hans Aberg
On 4 Apr 2009, at 19:32, Henning Plumeyer wrote: Therefore, by definition, all blown > musical instruments will have a fundamental frequency of 2L. Hi, not quite: clarinets sound an octave lower than you would expect when you regard their length. They behave like stopped organ pipes. I don'

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-04 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote: On Apr 4, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Henning Plumeyer wrote: Therefore, by definition, all blown > musical instruments will have a fundamental frequency of 2L. Hi, not quite: clarinets sound an octave lower than you would expect when you regard

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-04 Thread Henning Plumeyer
Therefore, by definition, all blown > musical instruments will have a fundamental frequency of 2L. Hi, not quite: clarinets sound an octave lower than you would expect when you regard their length. They behave like stopped organ pipes. I don't know exactly why -- it comes from their cylindr

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , Paul Scott writes I don't see how the physics would work to give you a quarter- wavelength as you claim. I just did some quick online research and he is right. A tube closed on one end like a clarinet or trumpet has a wavelength that is four times the length of the tube. A fl

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , Paul Scott writes On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: In message <7ca3d5a30904031519ya3b89hb87cf8f81a544...@mail.gmail.com>, Neil Puttock writes 2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman : In message , Anthony W. Youngman writes Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Paul Scott
On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: In message <7ca3d5a30904031519ya3b89hb87cf8f81a544...@mail.gmail.com>, Neil Puttock writes 2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman : In message , Anthony W. Youngman writes Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many