performer compensation for time differential

[Classic Touch Ent]

Not to mention tongue-ing (or not) the attack. Tongue-ing puts 'a point 
on the pencil' of the sound. Also 'con sordino' french horns.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 06:00 PM, Bill Ballard wrote:

> At 10:55 AM -0700 4/30/03, Delwin D. Fandrich wrote:
>> A variable time lag depending on the level of play and on pitch? What 
>> causes
>> the variations?
>
> Mainly the volume (cubic space: length and bore of the tube) of the 
> air column  being activated. Air is far more compressible than steel, 
> and thus takes longer to give itself to a standing wave. Think high-C 
> on a trumpet vs. the bottom note on a Wagnerian tuba.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "I'll play it and tell you what it is later...."
>     ...........Miles Davis
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> _______________________________________________
> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
>