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Re: tuning up etc.

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: tuning up etc.
From: Dashman <dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:57:09 GMT
Priority: low
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> andy wooler wrote:
> 
> > With regard to the Oboe, most Oboists I know have an A 440 tuning 
> > fork in their case - whilst they have the least ability to change,
> > they still need to be as close as possible to the correct pitch.
> 
> I'd like to put in two points here - first a personal observation
> that in an orchestra the oboe has the best tone colour to allow a
> consistent tuning note to be heard.

I seem to remember from school Physics lessons, that the waveform of an 
oboe is almost a pure sine wave, and hence has few harmonics.


> and brass is not always present. Especially at the beginning
> of rehearsals :-)

Hehehehe.

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Darren Ashman,  Principal Cornet and Secretary
City of Cambridge Brass Band,  UK
dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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