Then there is always "what is more out of tune than two flutes? One flute"
Shane B. On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 11:34 PM, Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Hans Åberg wrote: >> >> > On 30 Apr 2018, at 22:23, Torsten Hämmerle <[email protected]> >> > 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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
