Lecture Notes for April 16

Table of Contents

Brass Instruments

Pressure distribution for different modes

Adjusting the natural modes

Resonance frequencies

Tuba

Tuba - conical horn

Conical section <--> Pedestal tone

Playing a chromatic scale

Another method

Piston valve

Need to bridge the gaps in the natural scale

Problem: the lengths do not add up properly?

Schematic airflow through a French horn

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