Sample Model Number

C38D

Starting Pitch/

Lowest Note on the Marimba

Lowest Note Octave

Scale Type

Total Number of Notes on the marimba

BTB = Bass Tone Bar (single note)

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C = Chromatic (12-tone equal tempered)

D = C Major Diatonic

ET = Equal Tempered (Non-12 Tone) Add number of notes in scale, e.g. ET5

O = Overtone

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P  = Pentatonic (5-notes from 12-tone system)

Q = Quartertone (24-tone equal tempered)

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S = Special (Experimental, Non-Specific, Random, etc.)

W = Whole Tone

1 = Contra Bass Range: From C1 to B1

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2 = Bass Range:

From C2 to B2
 

3 = Tenor Range:

From C3 to B3

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4 = Middle C Range:

From C4 to B4

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5 = Octave above Middle C

From C5 to B5

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C

3

8

D

1st Position

2nd Position

3rd Position

4th Position