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Vuvuzela Concerto in B Flat
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"The vuvuzela... produces a loud, distinctive monotone (B♭3) note."Originally posted by minestrone View Postd sharp maybe, definetly not b flat.
"The typical pitch of a vuvuzela is said to be B flat below middle C."
"Vuvuzelas, the now famous South African traditional trumpet, generates a single tone at a frequency of 230 Hz, roughly corresponding to a b-flat."
"It's the length of the horn that determines the note, in this case a fundamental B flat." - Sean Kierman, South African College of MusicComment
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There is a piano in front of me and the noise that is coming from the TV is a d sharp.Originally posted by NickFitz View Post"The vuvuzela... produces a loud, distinctive monotone (B♭3) note."
"The typical pitch of a vuvuzela is said to be B flat below middle C."
"Vuvuzelas, the now famous South African traditional trumpet, generates a single tone at a frequency of 230 Hz, roughly corresponding to a b-flat."
"It's the length of the horn that determines the note, in this case a fundamental B flat." - Sean Kierman, South African College of Music
Of course you do not play the piano, do you? You do not play guitar, do you? You do not play the drums, do you? You read too much from the internet.
Get yourself to the piano, when you find one and play a b flat. then come back and tell me that is the tone you hear.Comment
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Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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Come the olympics it's going to be the spoons for all those cockneys.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View Post*switches on stage piano while listening to TV*
d sharpI found an audio recording of a single vuvuzela being played. Then I fired up GarageBand and recorded several seconds of B♭3 using the "Classic Organ" instrument. They were clearly the same note.Originally posted by minestrone View PostI have changed my mind, it is an E flat
Just to be sure, I then ran both recordings through an FFT spectrum analyser. Both showed a primary frequency centred around the 228 - 232 Hz range, which is apparently B♭3.
HTH.Comment
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You do not have a piano do you?Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI found an audio recording of a single vuvuzela being played. Then I fired up GarageBand and recorded several seconds of B♭3 using the "Classic Organ" instrument. They were clearly the same note.
Just to be sure, I then ran both recordings through an FFT spectrum analyser. Both showed a primary frequency centred around the 228 - 232 Hz range, which is apparently B♭3.
HTH.Comment
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