Glyn I'm sure you all will be sounding Last Post today. Thanks for the wonderful and inspiring story of Drummer Richie We have a counterpart in William Carson,...
Another comment from Major Richard to accompany his recent one on the Victoria Cross bugler. Is anyone keeping a record of all these tales, and are there...
"IF the sound waves are contained, does it matter if the wall is .001 or100.000 inches thick? Experts could not tell the difference between, wood, metal, or...
Another important issue that the "experts" seem to ignore is material used to make instrument would also determine how the instrument responds to the...
So what Joe and Joe are saying is that the material that encapsulates the created sound resonates/moves/vibrates.....and adds to the tone, colour, timbre,...
"If you place a lot of rubber bands around a cloth on the bell of a trumpet/bugle....does that 'dampen' it?" Yes, but it's a question of how noticeable it's...
Was trying to steer away from the object placed directly in the sound wave genre....we've known for a long time that a mute, major dent, hand, etc. changes the...
News Flash..... Just sounded 3 different clairons to a group of 5 teenage musicians (viola, guitar, etc. non trumpeters) They heard ZERO difference between a...
Here's a simplified discussion on woodwind instruments.....the timbre/colour of the tone is produced by the harmonics of the waves in the sound column.........
I didn't say vinyl was exactly the same density as all types of wood, but in fact some types of vinyl comes pretty close to the density of some types of wood....
And here's a simplified discussion on Brass Instruments......the materail on the inside of the walls has little to do with the sound produced..... if the walls...
Good stuff Joe! So are you saying that the Cahusec fife, being thicker, vibrates more (the material of the fife itself)?! Still haven't found any good...
Stamford? Ahh, what do they know? Do any of them play??!!? At least the CNX site admitted physicists aren't sure of all the physics involved in wind...
Yo Yo Ma was speaking once, of the effect of not having an endpin on his cello while performing baroque music in a particular concert. He indicated that...
Since we had a recent discussion on this music . . . . To all, a very happy July 4th! ... From: Youffereddieb@... Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 2:21 PM ...
Neat story, Raoul. Asimov has always been one of my favorite writers - what a mind! I'd still prefer "America the Beautiful" as our National Anthem - but this...
Well, I like to think I know a little about our nation's history, but I must admit, I never knew there were three more stanzas. Should have suspected, though....
As a young teen ing a junior corp, we would play annually at a church service on Memorial and Independance, for the church in which we held our practices. At...
Raoul: I guess that those rockets (with the red glare) used against Fort McHenry that were developed by Sir William Congreve weren't all they were cracked up...
One of the most interesting episodes in the Sharpe's Rifles series is when Sharpe is assigned to work with the commander of a Congreve rocket battery, which...
I'd have to say they're DCI. All of their members are DCI. The type of drumming they do is DCI. However, they go far beyond the typical DCI show, and...
Heck, DCI goes way beyond DCI.... when they went to Wheeled Percussion, Wheeled Batteries (to power Electric Guitars), and Bb 3 valved Trumpets I said ENOUGH...
Hi! Is Sharpe's Rifles available on TV or on DVD? I have been hoping it would return (I only saw a few episodes many years ago), but haven't seen anything on...
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