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Visualization of Tones being played together
Recently I found this video showing the "visual representation" of sound waves.
I was trying to figure out how these shapes were being generated. I am interested in the parts where there is ...
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What are the pitches in this donso ngoni tuning? [closed]
Please see the image below depicting the donso ngoni.
I'm bad at identifying notes from clefs. But if I'm giving a try to guess the notes I think in the key of A: it is A - B - D - E - G - A. Is that ...
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reference pitch before the invention of the tuning fork [duplicate]
What was the reference pitch before the invention of the tuning fork in 1711?
Was it somewhat a task to try and get within the ballpark of referenced pitch?
Like for instance, maybe they knew what ...
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guitar tuning - note shifts after striking it [duplicate]
If I tune a guitar typically I see that I strike the string and the tuner records a certain value, e.g. dead on E. However often (maybe not always - but I can't say for sure) a few moments later the ...
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Should you play baroque pieces a semitone lower?
I haven't really been able to find an answer to this question. I've only noticed that most instruments during the baroque period were tuned a semitone lower (A=415 Hz I believe). So shouldn't it make ...
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Properties of a very low pitched natural horn?
I would like to acquire a natural horn to play a very low pitched tone. I am not educated in music, so I don't even know how to describe the tone in a correct way (is it "low pitched"?), but ...
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What is the length of water and the length of air in a glass needed to produce different pitches in a glass harp?
I want to create in my house a simple glass harp using household glasses. (It will not be used for performance on stage in front of people, it will be used for my own entertainment). I want to know ...
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Five Fret Higher Guitar Tuning for Voicing
In order from bottom up, I'm considering moving my A, B, G, and E strings to the left one string, while tuning the B up to C.
Then I discard the low E and replace the high e with another G string ...
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Why do people with perfect pitch perceive tunes not in 440 Hz out of tune?
I do not have perfect pitch, but I heard that people who have it might have difficulty when a piece of music is not tuned to the usual 440 Hz pitch standard; it sounds out of tune for them.
But this ...
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What kind of logarithmic function will translate Play Speed to Octave Change?
I'm using a music speed changer to slow down given music to determine the exact the notes used so I can play the same notes (by ear) on my instrument of choice.
If this were a traditional tape or ...
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Tune to a recording
I made a recording of some playing with friends. I now want to overdub some guitar. At the time we tuned to each other, but not concert pitch. The music is quite choppy and staccato, and I really cant ...
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