[TPIN] Bb and Concert Pitch

[Clyde E. Hunt]

Hello All,

 The answer may be in part, Guido's  Hand.  The nineth century monk, 
Guido  D'Arrezzo,  devised a method (movable Doh system) of teaching his 
student's the scale, based upon a Latin hymn

 St. John Hymn "Ut queant laxis" [ca. 800 A.D.]
         
    Ut queant laxis
    Resonare fibris
    Mira gestorum
    Famuli tuorum
    Solve poluti
    Labii reatum,
     

Clyde Hunt


>>> Europeans
>>>
>>>>> have responded - they use solfege for their note names  anyway. But I
>>>>> don't think I've ever gotten to the bottom of why the  fundamental 
>>>>> pitch
>>>>> on the trumpet is labeled "C". (Perhaps some Latin  thing?) One of 
>>>>> these
>>>>> days I'll get out and do some real research...
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Probably because there are no sharps or flats in the "C" scale, so 
>>>> it is
>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>> logical choice if you are not going to label the notes according to 
>>>> true
>>>> pitch anyway......
>>>
>>> ---------------------------
>>>
>>> Ah... But the real question here is why isn't the fundamental pitch 
>>> (and
>>> scale with no sharps and flats) "A" instead of "C"?  .....
>>
>>
>> I agree wholeheartedly....That is the real, and much more interesting 
>> question.....I hope the history of music is well enough documented 
>> for us to figure it out.......
>>
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Clyde E. Hunt


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The Home of: 

Sail The Seven C's - book and CD

Hunt Plays Schlossberg Daily Drills - book and CD