On Sun, Feb 15, 2009, Sean Smith <[email protected]> said:
> Singers aren't so forced or so, ahem, 'nerdy' and often won't know what > meantone we use. it varies, many of us dont have a clue as to much of much theory; but we all have ears, and some of us use them, both in play and with voice. Singers in small ensembles will adjust individual notes to make good harmony, sometimes this drfits the tuning of the whole ensemble. When dissonance is a feature of the music it helps if someone in the group has a strong internal memory of pitch, but that is not always obtained. > From your professional experiences, do choral directers ever explicitly > choose a specific meantone scale? amateur chorist more than pro, but a bit of both. Directors vary, and the quality of their chorists also vary, mosts directors try to get 'the most' out of the forces they command, but with a dose of reality as to expectation. As a player I have been asked to tune specific notes (both wind and lute), and I have seen viols etc similarly treated, I have also played in small ensembles sans directoire who had members who were sensitive and saw to it that we made the attempt. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
