Car Horn Harmony

Hi,

I've been looking around on the net in search of the harmony a car
horn has. It's something really weird that I can't quite put my hand
on, maybe it's just the actual tone of the horn that makes it sound
that way.

I'm trying to write a piece and I need to somehow imitate a car horn.
I think sax would work best.

Any help would be appreciated.

--- In tuning@y..., simonoczkowski@h... wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I've been looking around on the net in search of the harmony a car
> horn has. It's something really weird that I can't quite put my
hand
> on, maybe it's just the actual tone of the horn that makes it sound
> that way.
>
> I'm trying to write a piece and I need to somehow imitate a car
horn.
> I think sax would work best.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Why not just go for the real thing?? You should consult with my
friend Wendy Mae Chambers, the doyenne of the car horn organ set.

She has even appeared with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show blowing her
horns....

Here's the info:

http://www.wendymae.com/carhornorgan.html

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Joseph Pehrson

simonoczkowski wrote:

> I've been looking around on the net in search of the harmony a car
> horn has. It's something really weird that I can't quite put my
hand
> on, maybe it's just the actual tone of the horn that makes it sound
> that way.

This has been discussed before, try searching the archives. Maybe one
for the FAQ?

The interval of 7:9 is involved. That's a supermajor third, or 435
cents. Two saxes playing this far apart should work. I think they're
fairly flexible as to intonation./

Of course, different horns will use different intervals, but 7:9 seems
to be characteristic. I've also found that hitting random chords of
sine waves gives a sound reminiscent of a traffic jam.

Graham

Cool... this project has to be done in the next few days, and I live
up in Canada, so I don't know how feasable your suggestion would be.
But thank you very much anyway. I have to see one of those organs
sometime...