Whistle Sale...Plus some thoughts on Just tuning

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:40 pm

The Dixon flute is sold also.

Still left:

Burke Composite C
Susato VSB Eb
Water Weasel D

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:05 pm

I'm glad there are some leftovers.
I'd be sorry seeing the most educative garage-sale thread I ever read end up prematurely...

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:41 pm

Here are the two formulas:

Equal Temperment: frequency * 1.0594631 = note spacing.

Just Intonation:
Tonic Note = Freq * 1/1
2nd = Freq * 9/8
3rd = Freq * 5/4
4th = Freq * 4/3
5th = Freq * 3/2
6th = Freq * 5/3
7th = Freq * 15/8
Octave = Freq * 2/1

Don't you love there garage sale threads!

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Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:44 pm

I want the Weasel Doc. I sent you an email. I would take the Eb but I don`t want to get crazy.

Tom

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:05 pm

Oh c'mon get a little crazy

I'm a doctor I could give you note for your wife if you need one. Do you think she'd go for a note from a vet?

Hey I know! We'll tell her you were "sick as a dog". That'd work.

Doc

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:29 pm

Well Doc the only woman in my life is a very hot headed totaly full of herself Morgan so thing could work out.
So do I get the Weasel or what???? This mood wont last long.

Tom

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 3:03 am

Wow! Daniel thank you. Your posting already copied-pasted in my Album.

BTW, how would you derive from that the not-so-just tuning of a bagpipe chanter (GHB) and Uillean ?

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:05 am

The Water Weasel is going to live with Tom and his Morgan. That's a horse, by the way, for those who may not be aware.

Patrick

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:10 am

Burke C composite and Susato Eb still available.

Buy both and I'll throw in a Generation F Like new!

Cheers,

Patrick

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:36 am

Congrats, Blackbeer!

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 9:04 am

Dan, you managed to summarize very concisely what I hadn't found in several searches of The Repository of All Knowledge. And it bears out what many say: in whistle terms, the F#, B, and C# are all sharp in an equal-tempered scale. What I didn't realize is HOW sharp:

Here are the frequencies of an A major scale, with equal temperament in the first column, then just temperament and the fractional difference relative to a half step:

440. 440. 0.0000
494. 495. -0.0379
554. 550. 0.1334
587. 586.6 0.0209
659. 660. -0.0189
740. 733.3 0.1534
830. 825. 0.1143
880. 880. 0.0000

Also, 5-7 Hertz differences are REALLY obnoxious to hear.