What frequency band => What instrtuments?

[tennisets]

I know on head-fi much is discussed regarding different frequency spectrums, like:

-low bass
-mid bass
-upper bass
-lower midrange
-upper midrange
-highs

But which frequencies do these different portions of the spectrum actually represent? Moreover, what instruments would be in each of these frequency bands? I have a general idea, but I'm not always sure what people mean when they discuss frequencies and portions of the frequency spectrum. Thanks for any help!

 

[D-EJ915]

Well, electric guitar speakers produce frequencies from around 80Hz to 5kHz, so I guess they produce...

Guitar:Upper-Bass <-> Upper Mids (generally known as midrange, lol)

 

[Stephonovich]

Electric bass produces from roughly 40Hz (30Hz or so for a 5 string) to maybe 1.5KHz. So I guess low bass (or is low bass <= 20Hz? I thought that was infrasonic, but perhaps I'm wrong) to low mids.

(-:Stephonovich

 

[tennisets]

Quote:

Originally Posted by D-EJ915 Guitar:Upper-Bass <-> Upper Mids (generally known as midrange, lol)

Hey, I know what midrange is... I'm not that dumb. I'll change my first post, if that would make you happier (just kidding

).

 

[hciman77]

http://www.dak.com/reviews/Tutorial_frequencies.cfm

But I think Graphic Equalizers are the work of Satan.

 

[hciman77]

Sorry DB Post

 

[jefemeister]

freq response of piano is 28Hz to 4kHz. There's an old adage that the lowest frequency of an upright bass is 40Hz.

from this site:
In Hz:
low bass: 20 - 80
upper bass: 80 - 320
midrange: 320 - 2560
upper midrange: 2560 - 5120
treble: 5120 - 20000

PSB loudspeakers has the following chart on their site:

 

[tennisets]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefemeister freq response of piano is 28Hz to 4kHz. There's an old adage that the lowest frequency of an upright bass is 40Hz. from this site: In Hz: low bass: 20 - 80 upper bass: 80 - 320 midrange: 320 - 2560 upper midrange: 2560 - 5120 treble: 5120 - 20000 PSB loudspeakers has the following chart on their site:

You wouldn't consider the highest notes of the piano treble? It seems awfully high to me. What would treble be then, cymbals or somesuch? BTW, I don't see the chart from PSB.

 

[jefemeister]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tennisets You wouldn't consider the highest notes of the piano treble? It seems awfully high to me. What would treble be then, cymbals or somesuch? BTW, I don't see the chart from PSB.

I don't think the 4kHz figure includes all the harmonic structure. Perhaps the fundamental of the highest note is ~4kHz.

Not sure what happened to the chart (if I go to edit the post, the url is in there correctly and it was displaying before), but here's the webite: http://www.psbspeakers.com/FrequenciesOfMusic.html