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Stuart Frankel <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:05:13 -0500
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> it does explain why rapid passages are usually played in higher registers.

I'd always assumed that was because lower-pitched register take long to 
speak (bass drum vs snare drum), never even considered that the 
receiving apparatus is under the same constraint.

Physics, it's everywhere! Even inside your head!

best,
  Stuart

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