Author: Tobin
Date: 2007-12-08 23:10
So with two thirds of my studio auditioning for District Band (and eventually state in some cases) I thought my preparations in furtherance of my student's success was done on Friday...and then I was roped into being a judge for the entire day Saturday just to polish things off!
My responsibilities completely attended to, I thought now would be a good time to bring forth some important musicological discoveries concerning the acoustics of the beer bottle.
I have done extensive testing in the past months, and am happy to report my findings now.
Most interesting is that the pitch of the played (or "blown") note is exactly one half step lower than the pitch of the bottle struck at it's base REGARDLESS OF THE VOLUME OF AIR (OR BEER) IN THE BOTTLE. This has been true in every case, and will lead me to postulate something truly important as soon as I can bring my thoughts to bear on the subject.
In the case of this specimen (Sam Light), flicking the body of the bottle will provide a minor seventh above the pitch struck at its' base, and flicking the neck will provide a major seventh above the struck pitch.
And so it can be found that the pitch of the neck is exactly two octaves above the pitch of the played (or "blown") note, and the pitch of the body is the leading tone for for that second octave.
Now to all of you who teach and enable today's youth to discover, succeed, and enjoy an amzing art form whose benefits are truly incalcuable: Cheers!
James Tobin
Gnothi Seauton
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