The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136682   Message #3134787
Posted By: Smokey.
13-Apr-11 - 10:19 PM
Thread Name: No such thing as a B-sharp
Subject: RE: No such thing as a B-sharp
"But it still doesn't alter what I said about fixed pitch and non-fixed pitch instruments."

No it doesn't, nor what I said about being accompanied by fixed pitch instruments. The chart illustrates the differences though, and they would be detectable by modern electronic tuners or an oscilloscope. To be honest, I think by the time a non-fixed pitch player had finished applying the bit of vibrato which (arguably) brings such instruments to life, the difference is largely academic - though that doesn't universally apply, obviously.