2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman <[email protected]>: > In message <[email protected]>, Anthony W. Youngman > <[email protected]> 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 existing entries. Feel free to edit and improve.
>> For example Concert A is 440Hz, the speed of sound in air is 343m/s, >> therefore an A clarinet (or any other A wind instrument) will have a length >> of 343/440 = 78cm. (Or be a power of 2 longer or shorter.) Concert A is definitely not the fundamental for an A clarinet: it's a cylindrical tube stopped at one end, so the wavelength of the fundamental is four times the length. Since the lowest note on a clarinet is usually the E below middle C unless it has an extension, the fundamental would be C sharp (D on a B flat). Concert A would be either the first (B flat clarinet) or second (A clarinet) overblown note, i.e., third harmonic of E or F. Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
