Frequency range of bass notes

[Armaz]

I've been trying to find out what frequency range do the lowest to highest bass notes produce, without much luck. The answer that seemed most correct was between 32Hz and 512Hz. Is that correct? I don't have the equipment to test them on my own, so I'm asking here.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

The answer lies here for the fundamental.

http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html

As for the rest of it (harmonics) and their relation to the fundamental, a search will help.

Sam

[Armaz]

I don't really understand much of it (example : how do you conclude that as middle C is C4, C5 is 3 half steps above A4?). Do you happen to be able to link me some general idea of half steps, octaves etc in relation to notes?

Thanks.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

I don't have a link, but with the "standard EADG tuning", "equal -tempered scale" or whatever it's called we tend to tune to, The fundamental of the E-string on our bass is E1=41,20 Hz (A4=440/340 m/s). E2=82,41 , so the freq is doubled with an octave gap between two tones. As we have ~4 octaves in our standard EB that translates to 41,20 Hz - 329.63 Hz. The ERBs and the stick are designed to further extend that range, as is adding low B or high C to the standard 4 string base instrument.

Here's a lot more reading about the subject as I feel that my vocabulary and grammar skills as non english-speakin person are not up to par explaining this matter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tuning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...l_temperaments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musical_scales

Regards
Sam

[lemur821]

Originally Posted by T-Bird

Hi.

I don't have a link, but with the "standard EADG tuning", "equal -tempered scale" or whatever it's called we tend to tune to, The fundamental of the E-string on our bass is E1=41,20 Hz (A4=440/340 m/s). E2=82,41 , so the freq is doubled with an octave gap between two tones. As we have ~4 octaves in our standard EB that translates to 41,20 Hz - 329.63 Hz. The ERBs and the stick are designed to further extend that range, as is adding low B or high C to the standard 4 string base instrument.

Sounds about right. That low B takes you down to around 31 Hz, and a high C adds another fourth to the top end, so I guess 440 Hz would be the highest note a common bass will put out.

Of course, this refers only to fundamental pitches. Most basses have harmonics continuing up to around 8 kHz.

[SuperDuck]

Originally Posted by Armaz

I don't really understand much of it (example : how do you conclude that as middle C is C4, C5 is 3 half steps above A4?). Do you happen to be able to link me some general idea of half steps, octaves etc in relation to notes?

Thanks.

That's Scientific Pitch Notation. C is considered the beginning note of the octave - note how the keyboard starts at C0. The number is incremented by 1 at each octave of C. So if you start at C0 and go all the way up to B0, the next note is C1 which is the first note of the next octave.

It can be counterintuitive because some people would assume that each octave should start with A.