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The Tonality of Woodwind Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1948

Eric Halfpenny*
Affiliation:
The Galpin Society
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Extract

Anyone who has studied the subject must be aware of the lack of consistency with which the principle of lateral fingerholes in wind instruments is occasionally treated in textbooks and elsewhere.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1948

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