On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Hans Åberg wrote: > > > On 30 Apr 2018, at 22:23, Torsten Hämmerle <torsten.haemme...@web.de> wrote: > > > > Hans Åberg-2 wrote > >> I play the flute, and I checked with one of my teachers who sits on one of > >> the operas here. > > > > Hi Hans, > > > > It's funny that you mention the flute of all instruments. It reminds me of > > the old joke > > "How do you get two flute players to play in unison?" - - - "Shoot one!" > > > > No offence meant, I just couldn't resist :) > > Flutes have a very definite pitch, making it hard to play in unison, unlike > strings then. It is mentioned in Blatter's book on orchestration.
I've only heard this joke about piccolo players where the tuning is much more difficult. Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
