Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2010/08

From: Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fundamental error on
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:48:11 -0400

Precisely.
Keith

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On 12 Aug 2010, at 17:21, Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org> wrote:

> On 12 Aug 2010, at 16:55, dickwilliams wrote:
>
>> Octave???
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com>
>> To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Fundamental error on
>> http://www.woodwindcourse.co.uk/user/image/clarinet_bore_design.doc
>> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:44:00 +0100
>>
>>> The difference between you is that Tony is right and you
>>> are "not"!
>>>
>>> Do read the references he suggests.
>>> It isn't very intuitive, but it is why a clarinet behaves
>>> differently from an oboe or flute(hence is an octave lower
>>> for the same tube length).
>
> Yes, octave; the fundamental on a clarinet has a wavelength of twice its length, the flute and oboe a wavelength equal to their lengths. Hence the frequencies are in the ratio of 1:2, ie an octave.
>
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