It has ten parallel cylindrical bores whose diameters increase in succession to function as a true conical bore and allow overblowing at the octave.
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By overblowing an open tube, a note can be obtained that is an octave above the fundamental frequency or note of the tube.
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By overblowing a cylindrical closed tube, a note can be obtained that is approximately a twelfth above the fundamental note of the tube.
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In contrast, for octave-overblowing instruments, an instrument in C with few keys could much more readily be played in any key.
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The authors argue that the instrument encompassed a range of two and a half octaves, which can be extended to three octaves by overblowing.
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Wade Schuman, founder of the group Hazmat Modine, and Jason Rosenblatt of Shtreiml have fused overblowing with older traditional styles and middle European harmonies.
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Frequent glitches from the brasses in the first two Berlin concerts may have stemmed from overblowing, but the plush Berlin strings showed no difficulties in adapting.
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That's what Mariners manager Lou Piniella says, and he's an expert on the New York way, not to mention overblowing things.
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Critics in Congress have accused the Bush administration of overblowing Padilla's arrest in May to divert attention from questions about terrorism-related intelligence failures.
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For example, if the fundamental note of an open pipe is C1, then overblowing the pipe gives C2, which is an octave above C1.