On 5 Apr 2009, at 20:48, wrote:
Dont have the OED handy, this library is very small and lacks a
copy, but
the dictionary in my mac and the larger one from the shelf both give
narrow definitions for the entry 'concert pitch', eg, a=440,
internationally agreed on, the pitch at which orchestral
On 5 Apr 2009, at 20:15, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you
drink a bear just before you play and all of a sudden a burp
increases the proportion of carbon dioxide in the breathing air
significantly, resulting in a much lower pitch.
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009, Mats Bengtsson said:
> A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you
> drink a bear
LOL
I envision Brutus sitting on a keg, playing the flute and passing gas from
both ends.
SKOAL!
--
Dana Emery
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> I think a problem with those sections is that they mix several
> different concepts in a jumble.
yes.
Dont have the OED handy, this library is very small and lacks a copy, but
the dictionary in my mac and the larger one from the shelf both give
narrow definitions for the entry 'concert pitch'
Hans Aberg wrote:
The speed of sound in gases is (roughly) proportional to the
square-root of the absolute temperature. Figures used the speed of
sound v_0 in air at 0℃ varies a bit in the range from 331.2 to 331.8
m/s perhaps. This gives the formula at absolute temperature T
v = sqrt(T/27
On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:20, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
1.311 transposing instrument
..., the speed of sound in air is 343m/s,...
This is only true at about 19.6℃ (degrees Celsius):
The temperature of the air in the human blown instrument is higher,
clearly. If I quickly measure my flute with
On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:20, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
If anybody can improve on those entries I'm all ears, otherwise can
somebody update the glossary? For the most part, I've just been far
more pedantic, but the existing bit about the trombone is, I'm
sorry, just plain wrong!
I think a pro
In message ,
dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us writes
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman"
said:
Okay, I think I can modify this to a definitive version now ...
sorry for my tactless reply earlier, I should have checked the present
text rather than assume you were quoting it.
1.64 concert pit
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman"
said:
> Okay, I think I can modify this to a definitive version now ...
sorry for my tactless reply earlier, I should have checked the present
text rather than assume you were quoting it.
>>>1.64 concert pitch
>>>
>>>The pitch at which the piano and ot
In message , Anthony W. Youngman
writes
In message , Anthony W.
Youngman writes
Ow!
Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you
know :-)
Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone didn't realise (and I
certainly didn't make myself clear :-) these are my revised ve
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
On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote:
Mostly correct, except that Holton is a brand. There are many double
horns that are not Holtons.
You're right! I took private horn lessons almost 20 years ago,
playing a school instrument which was a Holton. My teacher explained
Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
Ow!
Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you
know :-)
1.64 concert pitch
The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments
play, such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as "A
= 440", meaning that the
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 of you know
:-)
Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone di
In message <49d68906.5000...@ultrasw.com>, Paul Scott
writes
1.311 transposing instrument
Instruments whose notated pitch is different from concert pitch. Most
of these instruments are identified in their name by their fundamental
pitch - this being the note whose wavelength is equal to lengt
2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman :
> In message , Anthony W. Youngman
> writes
>>
>> Ow!
>>
>> Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know
>> :-)
>
> Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone didn't realise (and I certainly
> didn't make myself clear :-) these are my rev
Mostly correct, except that Holton is a brand. There are many double
horns that are not Holtons.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Aaron Andrew Hunt wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote:
>>
>> But I've never come across "Bb French Horn in F"! Bear in mind the
>>
On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote:
But I've never come across "Bb French Horn in F"! Bear in mind the
French Horn is an orchestral instrument and I'm not an orchestral
trombone player, but what I understood is *supposed* to happen is that
the horn player whips out h
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:43:24PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
>
> (Obviously, if you give a Bb cornet player a double-Eb Bass, he'll have
> a lot of difficulty actually playing it...
Speak for yourself... ;-)
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In message , Anthony W. Youngman
writes
Ow!
Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you
know :-)
Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone didn't realise (and I
certainly didn't make myself clear :-) these are my revised versions
that I think should replace the ex
In message
, Han-Wen
Nienhuys writes
To add some confusion, some instruments are named by the tuning of
their fundamental (B-flat trombone, B-flat french horn), but players
commonly read from parts written in different transpositions, for
example C (trombone) or F (French Horn)
Hmmm ...
Obvi
In message ,
dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us writes
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman"
said:
Sorry, reading this was painful
agreed.
1.64 concert pitch
Ensembles must agree on a temperament and a pitch standard if they are to
be tuned agreeably. Equal temperament is usual for the full
To add some confusion, some instruments are named by the tuning of
their fundamental (B-flat trombone, B-flat french horn), but players
commonly read from parts written in different transpositions, for
example C (trombone) or F (French Horn)
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM, wrote:
> On Fri, Apr
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman"
said:
> Sorry, reading this was painful
agreed.
> 1.64 concert pitch
Ensembles must agree on a temperament and a pitch standard if they are to
be tuned agreeably. Equal temperament is usual for the full orchestra
with winds, piano, and strings which
Am 03.04.2009 um 19:20 schrieb Anthony W. Youngman:
Ow!
Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of
you know :-)
1.64 concert pitch
The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments
play, such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as
Ow!
Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you
know :-)
1.64 concert pitch
The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments play,
such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as "A = 440",
meaning that the note A in the treble clef i
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