Hi, all.
I'm no computer guy, but couldn't one design a program that will "hear" what one is playing and turn the "page" at the appropriate time? Wouldn't this be more reliable than a human page-turner, eliminating nervousness and/or distraction? Only half joking. Personally, I have a Tozan-ryu style shakuhachi stand, a relic from another life, which accordions out to accomodate 4, or even 5 if artfully taped, pages. I rarely need more space than that. (Should I cross-post this to the accordion list?) I should try to find a source for them, other than the 7th floor of Sogo Department Store in Sapporo. David v. O.? Best, and keep playing, Chris. >>> <[email protected]> 8/15/2009 10:14 AM >>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009, David Tayler <[email protected]> said: > The trick is to learn speed turning for the pages, and you can turn on > any half note or even a quarter note. With a sturdy music stand, some reliable bungie cords, a laptop, and a foot pedal it should be easy to setup a display using a pdf file you create (on macs simply by printing to a file from almost every program; the hard work is done in the system standard print driver) that includes all backwards turns as if twas written out - then page it by the foot pedal (use a macro package to map the pedal to 'page down' key). No problem with low light, just bring an extension cord so your battery stays charged. If the traditinoal lack stand is too obtrusive for the shtick of your act use a low podium and build the laptop display into its surface. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute
