Well, if you guys got quiet "anvil" sounds out your players it must be
possible, so I'll put it in the score as such and, if/when it gets played,
I'll see what the players do. When IU Opera Theater presented a faculty
opera a buncha years ago the "anvils" were tuned lengths of
u-tubing--always, IIRC, loud.
Thanx for your help!
Aaron J. Rabushka
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck May" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: dynamic range for musical anvils?
I can't recall a piece scored for a quiet anvil other than my own ("This
Hallowed Ground - The Farms of Gettysburg" has a brake drum down as low as
mp, at least briefly!), but there's no reason it can't be done. Of course,
the trick is to not use a real anvil - they are so solid that you can't get
them to vibrate at all. In a real blacksmith shop it's not the anvil you
hear, but the metal which is being worked. To my ear the best anvil-like
sound comes from a brake drum, muffled with a rag if you don't want much
sustain. You can use a light lexan bell mallet or even a triangle beater to
get a light, quiet sound. You can also get them in different sizes, from
truck down to subcompact, for different tones.
Chuck May
Percussion, Eagles Band
Pittsfield MA
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Rabushka <[email protected]>
Subject: [Finale] OT: dynamic range for musical anvils?
Is anyone acquainted with the musical use of anvils, and their possible
dynamic range? Every instance I can thing of is loud, and I noticed that
Wagner does not give any dynamic's for Mime's hammering in Siegfried. Is
anyone here familiar with any quiet uses of them?
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