For all you players that use a low B string - a trivia question

[alienstarguest]

Some various info came up in a recent thread over in the 'Amps and Cabs' forum. And I was just wondering how many 5er / 6er players that use a low B, actually knew this tidbit of information. Not particularly useful in gigging/chops terms, but possibly if designing rigs and systems. Also for its use as a reference for where the low B lies in the scope of human hearing.

Answer truthfully. Do you know what frequency the open low B is relative to Hz. I'm certain someone will pop in with the answer pretty quickly. Mainly I was wondering how many of us knew. I didn't, tho it meshed closely with the guess I would have made.

In addition, how many keys on a standard 88 key piano are actually lower than this?

 

[A-Ro]

I THOUGHT it was 20Hz but, I could be wrong.

 

[alienstarguest]

I THOUGHT it was 20Hz but, I could be wrong.

My guess was 26-28 at first thought. My reasoning was it had to be somewhere above the normal low threshold of human hearing.

 

[derg]

Frequencies

 

[Felken]

It's 31Hz

 

[MrLenny1]

31 Hz

 

[RedLefty]

I actually looked it up once and I think it was low 30, it was kind of surprising.

 

[hondo4life]

I know about low B, but what frequency is the brown note?

 

[RedLefty]

keyboards usually begin and end in C and if there are notes below B0 on a piano then my guess is 10 keys below B0.



spoiler alert:
after looking it up an 88 key keyboard ends at A0, so 2

 

[bholder]

I THOUGHT it was 20Hz but, I could be wrong.

E0, low E below that B, is 20.6 hz.

 

[garp]

No, I honestly don't know. But what I do know is that depressing the "STRING BASS" button on my G-K 400RB-IV and G-K 700RB-II – essentially a toggle between 4 and 5, as appropriate – gives me what I need and want.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I knew it was 31Hz, but then I've also been playing 5+ strings for 19 of my 20 years of playing. A lot of folks also don't realize how few cabs can actually reproduce the fundamental of the low B, and many of the cabs that do use 10" speakers rather than larger ones that many think would be more appropriate.

 

[Nephilymbass]

Some various info came up in a recent thread over in the 'Amps and Cabs' forum. And I was just wondering how many 5er / 6er players that use a low B, actually knew this tidbit of information. Not particularly useful in gigging/chops terms, but possibly if designing rigs and systems. Also for its use as a reference for where the low B lies in the scope of human hearing.

Answer truthfully. Do you know what frequency the open low B is relative to Hz. I'm certain someone will pop in with the answer pretty quickly. Mainly I was wondering how many of us knew. I didn't, tho it meshed closely with the guess I would have made.

In addition, how many keys on a standard 88 key piano are actually lower than this?

I don't know and I don't care how or why. I just know it's sounds good

 

[alienstarguest]

30.87Hz or as a few have said 31Hz

And 2 keys of the 88 are lower than open B.

I think this the correct answer. If not please correct. So can we call this settled?

 

[bassyboyg]

You need a Acme Low B cab to get the "brown note"

 

[hemmerlinj]

I think the brown is around 15.turdy hertz.

 

[Gnal]

Yes, I knew it was 31 (30.9) Hz, but was not intentionally researching the pitch / hz dynamic, I just happened to stumble across it when creating custom balanced tension string sets. D'addarrio has a chart that references all the pitches (notes and hz) from a 6 String bass up to the 4th fret (I think) of the high e on a guitar.

After learning the frequency range I then started looking at what cabs can handle 31 hz. Most seem to be limited to around 40 hz, if I recall correctly.

On an 88 key Piano, I do not recall how many keys but its not very many 4-5 white keys off the top of my head.

edit: I didn't know it was 30.87... but how many decimals do we need to go to really know

 

[MrLenny1]

Acme & Eden XST 2x10 are cabs that can handle a Low B very well.

 

[pedroims]

what about the frequencies up in the neck? C in the 8 fret of the E string sounds nothing like the third fret of the A string, go upper on the E string and the sound is fuller than the open.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I know about low B, but what frequency is the brown note?

The resonant frequency of the human thorax is 10-11 hz....a handful of respiratory clearance devices is based on this characteristic. Don't know if the abdominal cavity shares similar properties. I think we can pull off the same thing with drop-tuning, a decent bass rig, and add the lunch buffet at Nawab Indian Restaurant.

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