... geometric series, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048; each term which thus becomes a representative of the natural note do (except the first five terms, which vibrate too slowly to produce musical sounds) every term being the octave of the ...

... venture to suggest that should read the wryneck fife,” alluding to the bird called the Wryneck (in Kalin, Tor quill a), the natural note of which may, for aught I know, shrill and sharp, like the sound of the instrument in question.” have been almost tempted ...