Klarinet Archive - Posting 000764.txt from 2002/11

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Centred tone
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:59:52 -0500

Bill,
That "fuzziness" you describe on a logarithmic graph may be totally
inaudible. Please don't jump to any conclusions on the sound qualities,
disclaimer or no. Without actually hearing anything, you're clueless as to
how to interpret it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wright [mailto:Bi6W@-----.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 5:10 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Centred tone
>
>
> ...in regard to your question, John, I think that comparing the spectral
> graphs labelled "C6" and "F#6" at: http://hughes38.som.ohio-state.edu
> may interest you.
>
> Disclaimers: (1) since we haven't heard the student's sound sample, we
> have no way of knowing whether we would've declared the student to have
> a centered tone or not. (2) While these two graphs are in the same
> octave, they are different pitches and the student's graph reaches
> higher into the difficult altissimo than the professor's graph does.
>
> >

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