09-01-2013, 19:16
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2013, 19:36 by jonmyrlebailey.)
If I were to own a railroad, the above chord is what I would specify for the five-bell horns of my diesel trains. My steam locomotive whistles might have an e-flat diminished or e-flat diminished 7th, the e-flat being just above the mddle C as steam whistles should customarily be higher-pitched than the brawny diesels.
Most classic train whistles have the dark, eerie diminished chord tones or variations of them. Some early diesels had minor chords, which also sound somewhat spooky in the night.
Most classic train whistles have the dark, eerie diminished chord tones or variations of them. Some early diesels had minor chords, which also sound somewhat spooky in the night.