Posted by Steve Dedman on April 19, 2001 at 20:59:40:
In Reply to: Partials posted by Tim on April 19, 2001 at 19:54:07:
A partial is the overtone or harmonic. Every note that you play is a partial. The 1st partial is the fundamental, so the open 2nd partial on a CC tuba is the C below the staff. (3rd is G, 4th is C, etc.) IOW, tune the low B-natural instead of the F#.