The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136682   Message #3135502
Posted By: Smokey.
14-Apr-11 - 09:39 PM
Thread Name: No such thing as a B-sharp
Subject: RE: No such thing as a B-sharp
I'll tell yer summat that doesn't exist: the bottom note on a fiddle. It's about 192hz, and the box on a fiddle isn't big enough to accomodate the wavelength and doesn't vibrate at that frequency, only those of its harmonics. That frequency represents less than a thousandth of the energy in the vibrating air produced, and is consequently below the threshold of human hearing. The listener's brain invents the implied note from the gaps between the harmonics.