Hans Åberg-2 wrote > Flutes have a very definite pitch, making it hard to play in unison, > unlike strings then.
Thank you, that's a good explanation. Comparing the harmonic spectra of flutes and violins or when trying to capture the sound characteristics using a synthesizer, this is what usually comes out: When creating flute-like sounds, the result is not far from a sine wave. In contrast, when creating a string-like sound, one would use a sawtooth wave (because of its richness in harmonics). The predominant fundamental frequency is the reason for the definite pitch of a flute and that's why the slightest deviation in pitch is very audible when several players play together. A clarinet (having a spectrum without even harmonics due to the cylindrical bore, that'd be a square wave) is the next-best candidate for the play-unison jokes. All the best, Torsten -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
