[ddots-l] Re: Frequency Range for instruments

  • From: "neville" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:40 -0400

I think I have a very good understanding of the basics, but it's the fine
tuning I'm having some trouble with. 


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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:17 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Frequency Range for instruments

Hi Winy.

How good is your ear when it comes to naming musical notes?  That 
can help a lot.
If you can name some notes by ear, you can learn the frequency 
values of those notes.

Fourth octave A has a frequency of 440 Hz. Hz (Hurtz) just means 
vibrations per second.  If you double the frequency, your sound 
will be an octave higher. So, 5th octave A is 880 HZ, 6th octave A 
is 1760 HZ. Going the other way, you cut the frequency in half for 
each octave you move down. 3rd octave A is 220 HZ, 2nd octave A is 
110 HZ, 1st octave A is 55 HZ, and the A at the bottom of the piano 
keyboard is 27.5 HZ.

Experimenting with the keyboard a little can tell you that bass is 
down say 200 HZ and below. Midrange is near the middle of the 
keyboard, and high frequency sounds like symbols, the S sounds of 
someone speaking or singing, or the brilliance of an acoustic 
guitar are up pretty high, 5,000, 10,000 etc.

You need to take an equalizer band, turn its gain up fairly high so 
you can really hear where it is boosting, and then adjust the 
frequency slider for that band up and down. Listen to how the sound 
is changing as you sweep the frequency way up, and way back down again.

Chris

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