Ambitus (music)

With range or ambit is defined as the discrepancy between the highest and the lowest tone. This refers to:

• In musical instruments and the singing voice of a particular singer on the area that can be played or sung (see voice ). Musical instruments have very different tonal ranges, by a single tone at the Triangle to the entire audible spectrum with the organ. For details, can be found in the articles on the respective instrument.
• At a musical line, a passage or an entire piece of music on the field, which occurs in it. In this case, the frame interval is also called Ambitus.

Notation

For stringed instruments, the open strings are specified in the usual mood left first. The lowest string ( here the small g) is also the deepest tone of the instrument, in addition to the highest tone in normal fingering ( here: h '''') describes the square notehead rightmost also the highest Flageolettton ( d '''' ' ).

In general, however, be noted that these values ​​are only guidelines, in special circumstances ( Scordatura, additional flaps, exceptional techniques ), larger volumes can be achieved.

• Melody teaching
• Musical Instrument Making