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Re: Instrument lengths

Rod Gibson wrote:
Hi All,
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A discussion came up at band practice which I=92m sure can be definitiv=
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answered by someone on the list.
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Is the length of a Bb cornet the same as the length of a Bb bass? Is th=
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difference in pitch due to the bore?

It's a quarter of the length (see below for why that is).
What is the difference between a single Bass and a double bass?

A double bass mirrors a cello an octave below. It's double because it's
double length (a doubling of length =3D a halving of frequency =3D loweri=
ng by one octave).

There was an interesting discussion of this on C4's introduction to music=

programme by Howard Goodall over the last month (4 episodes). It was comp=
ulsive
viewing for all bandsman, a splendid programme which for once was neither=
patronising nor
dumbed down.
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Grandad

-Nigel

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