> If we're discussing equal temperament and modern concepts of key
> signatures,
> I can't envision why you'd want to double flat a B in favor of just saying
> "A".
Unfortunately, we have heard from one brass player who has a crook labeled
Bbb, reflecting the actual pitch of nominal Bb in A=415.
rtmouth.edu] On
> Behalf Of dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:00 AM
> To: William Brohinsky
> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: nominal pitch for instruments
>
>
> > I believe that the Bbb you are seeing
>
> Not seeing it at all, and
> I believe that the Bbb you are seeing
Not seeing it at all, and never claimed to have done. Wondering if there
is any excuse for it. Please read what I wrote people!
Am writing software that depends on descriptions of instruments for
playback from tablature, a nominal pitch + an interval lis
No reason not to call an instrument in B Flat; historically they more
often used terms like alto, tenor, followed by hexachord syllables,
then "pitches". The reason is that they used a transposing system.
So if you really want to think like they thought, it is better to
think in a transposing sy
I believe that the Bbb you are seeing refers to something like the BBb
tuba, and the second b is lower case because of someone's
overagressive capitalization-correction system.
In BBb tuba, the doubled capital B shows the octave that the note is
in, and the last b represents the flat. This is a no