Questions tagged [instrument-range]
The range of a musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest, pitch it can play.
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Tuba BBb troubles
I have found that many notes included in the JW pepper “Star Wars saga” are far too low for me to play.
I understand the need for improving the upper range before the lower and my upper notes have ...
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In terms of range, what does "eingestrichen" refer to?
I'm trying to read an old handwritten German document from 1835 which describes the range of the newly invented tuba.
It says:
die Bass-Tuba hingegen 4 reine Octaven durch die chromatische Scala, ...
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How can I help my beginner horn players access the mid and high range?
I'm teaching trumpet, french horn, and trombone this year in a school setting. The students are around 11 years old and have all been playing for about a year. They can read music with some success ...
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Writing for bass clarinet in Bb in the same range
The written ranges of clarinet and bass clarinet are shown in Wikipedia as following:
clarinet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet#/media/File:Clarinet_range.svg
bass clarinet: https://en....
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Magic Bells in The Firebird
Is a campanelli the same instruments as a glockenspiel?
Although a literal translation of campanelli (It.) is something like "little bells", I thought that campanelli in an instrumentaion ...
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What are good range limits for STARTING a phrase?
Range suggestions abound online, divided by skill level, resonance, and so on. Range is also a big part of trumpet culture: how do trumpet players flex on each other? "I can play higher than you.&...
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French horn - Getting higher register
Does anyone know some good techniques or practises I can do to improve my high range on the horn relatively quick (like 2 months quick)? It can be for brass and doesn't have to be specific for horn- ...
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Which is the highest note playable on the classical guitar?
Let us consider a standard classical guitar with only 19 frets and 6 strings being played with the standard tunning E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4.
In this configuration, the classical guitar has a 'normal' ...
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Can it be simply put what is the tessitura of an left-hand of a Stradella bass accordion?
I have seen no such chart that's a simple bass clef gliss of what the left of a Stradella accordion plays. I have seen the chart linked in this answer about accordions, but it says nothing of the ...
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Playing clarinet from saxophone music
I am starting to study the clarinet and have been given some sax music. As both instruments are in B-flat, if I use the clarinet to play the sax music: what must I be aware of? are there octaves ...
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Difference between Thomanns "Alto/Baritone horn", "tenor horn", "baritone" and euphonium?
Apparently BAritones and Alto/Baritone horns are sold as different things.
Also, I thought alto horns were called so in america and tenor horns in UK (or viceversa, cant remember), but it turns out ...
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Why is the clarinet able to play lower notes than the soprano sax?
The clarinet and the soprano sax are similar in size, but the clarinet is able to play much lower notes than the soprano sax. Why is this the case? I understand that when the clarinet is overblown the ...
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What frequency ranges are most instruments in
I made a spectrum analyzer, but I'm struggling to find a range where I can cover the most instruments, but also still make the bars visible.
I tried the range 20Hz - 800 Hz but seems like some songs I ...
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How do I transpose an orchestral piece if it will push some of the instruments out of their range?
Chord inversions seem to be the obvious choice, but sometimes it changes the overall harmony or disturbs the voice leading. Am I stuck with that key of whatever the orchestral piece is originally ...
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Why is the range of the great highland bagpipe so limited?
The Great Highland Bagpipe has a range of only one octave + one note. Why is the range so limited, and would there be a way to increase it?
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