[Trombone-l] Redefining a low B flat

[Chris Dearth]

WE may not perceive it as, "music," but there is some dude on Alpha Centauri
saying, "Listen to the tones that Black Hole is giving off.  I wonder if
it's using a leadpipe or not."  Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...

Chris Dearth

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Tune
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:06 AM
To: Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW; Bill Dinwiddie; Adrian
Drover
Cc: List Trombone
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Redefining a low B flat

This morning, now that I'm fresh, I realize the important comparison for 
this "57 octaves stuff"  Maybe you remember the kid who asked his dad for a 
weekly allowance of 1cent?  He said the deal should be that he starts with 
one cent and then next week he gets that multiplied by 2. And this process 
continues every week--the allowance is doubled.

His father realised his mistake after just a few months.  (week 1 = $.01, 
week 2 = $.02, week 3 = $.04, 4=$.08, 5=$.16, 6=$.32, 7=$.64, 8=$1.28, 
9=$2.56, 10=$5.12, 11=$10.24, 12=$20.48)   . . .If this continued dad would 
have to have the capacity of the US Dept. of the Treasury, in order to stick

to his bargain.

So as we halve the frequency to get to so many octaves lower. . .we wind up 
moving through periods of a second to minutes and hours. . .days. . .years. 
. .decades. . centuries. . .millennia. . .

It is bad science to call it a musical note, however.  Clearly, music stops 
at the point at which a human can no longer perceive the effect in "real 
time"   Even if we grant that frequencies down around 10Hz and 5Hz could be 
"felt" as a sort of "temblor" (as a Los Angeles, CA lad, I can assure you 
that you can feel the earth moving back and forth at frequencies down around

2Hz -4Hz or so, right at the end of the typical semi-major earthquake. . 
.very typical), very long period occilation is simply not music.

Anyway . . . on to some, even odder,  phenomenon. . . (I've been trying to 
figure out how women think for quite a while now. . . so far no luck)

Chris



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW" 
<timothy.a.richardson at us.army.mil>
To: "Bill Dinwiddie" <billdin at comcast.net>; "Adrian Drover" 
<slide at adios.co.uk>
Cc: "List Trombone" <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Redefining a low B flat


>I played that note four times this weekend, at the local Hochschule (the
> equivalent of a conservatory).
>
> I repeated it with all four of my bells:  the yellow brass I normally use,
> the concrete and the fiberglas ones I built for experiments, and  a lead 
> one
> a weightlifter friend of mine just made.
>
> None of the professors or students could tell ANY difference between 
> bells.
> None, zip, nada, null, zero!!!!!!!!
>
> I now consider this conclusively proven and don't want to hear any more
> c.r.a.p. about it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Dinwiddie [mailto:billdin at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 18:39
> To: Adrian Drover
> Cc: List Trombone
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Redefining a low B flat
>
> I don't know, Adrian. I think I blacked out.
>
> Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Drover" <slide at adios.co.uk>
> To: "'Bill Dinwiddie'" <billdin at comcast.net>; "'List Trombone'"
> <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [Trombone-l] Redefining a low B flat
>
>
>>
>>
>>> From: Bill Dinwiddie
>>>
>>> The same telescope has
>>> captured the best image ever seen of two galaxies colliding and has
>>> detected
>>> the deepest musical note ever sounded in the universe -- B flat, 57
>>> octaves below middle C
>>
>>
>>
>> Heck Bill, you do get deep sometimes.  I wonder how your TV screen would
>> look when you play that note.
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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