On 01 Aug 2005, at 10:13 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Darcy:
In GPO Full, these keyswitches are always in the octave immediately
below the lowest playable note on the instrument, so that they can be
triggered in real time. For instance, the lowest note on the GPO
Full KS flute is B3. The keyswitch to trigger ordinary playing is a
major seventh below that (i.e., C3). D3 triggers non vib playing. E3
triggers fluttertongue playing.
So what happens if I've got a part that goes down to Bb (as some do)?
You will have to have two layers -- a printing layer with the Bb, and
an invisible playback layer with a B plus a half-step pitch-bend
expression. It's a bit of a pain to set up at first, but it works.
What if I have one of those 1830s scores that take the fl. down to G?
You could do this with pitch bending as well, but I would probably just
temporarily switch to the alto flute (using a channel change
expression) for the low notes.
Case in point: finger the bottom D of the piccolo while covering the
far end of the instrument w. your R 5th finger. The result is the D an
octave lower. This effect has been written in actual music. What does
GPO do in this case?
Again, you would have to do this with a -12 semitone pitch bend
expression.
GPO obviously cannot account for every single eventuality. It's always
going to be a rough approximation. There are no samples of
multiphonics, or playing with only the mouthpiece, or even standard
string techniques like harmonics, sul pont, and sul tasto. The Finale
Edition of GPO doesn't even include string mutes or brass mutes (the
full version does).
- Darcy
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