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------=_NextPart_000_00E2_01C72089.EB961B40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" No. Bore is not the factor. A eupho is twice the length of a cornet. A BBb tuba is twice the length of a eupho - i.e. four times the length = of a cornet. The length sets the fundamental and harmonic series of the instrument. = The bore determines which of the harmonics you will actually be able to = play on that instrument. Perhaps the best example of bore effect is the French horn. The F = French horn is almost the same length as an Eb tuba, but it is played = mostly in its upper harmonics, playing in the same range as the Eb tenor = horn which is approximately half its length. Less extreme is cornet vs flugel. Both are the same length, but the = larger bore of the flugel makes the lower notes easier and the higher = notes harder than the cornet. Similarly, a eupho and a trombone are the = same length, but the narrower bore of the 'bone means that higher = harmonics are easier on the trom. A Bass and a Double Bass? A double bass is a stringed instrument. :-) Possibly you mean BBb bass vs Eb bass? The Eb bass is twice the length = of the Eb tenor horn and is therefore pitched one octave below that = instrument. It's pitched mid way between the BBb bass and the eupho. As I understand it, there is not really an instrument called a Bb bass. = This would be pitched one octave higher than the BBb bass and would have = the same general shape. Such an instrument exists - it's the eupho, = which is really a small tuba. This is distinct from the baritone, which = is the big brother of the Eb tenor horn - same pitch as the eupho, but = different construction and tone. However, the terms BBb and Bb are both often used to refer to the BBb = tuba.=20 Regards, Dave S =20 -- - - NJH Sheet Music, bandsman.co.uk/music.htm, id xpress, www.idxpress.co.uk, brass band insignia and uniform products, Just Brass, the on-line resource for the world of brass music www.justbrass.co.uk, Prima Arts, quality music for quality bands, www.prima-arts.co.uk, wax-recording.com, simply the best, most cost-effective and least stressful route to recording an album and eBay, the world's largest on-line market place, www.ebay.co.uk Free e-mail address with spam and virus removal, bandsman.co.uk/mail.htm
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