After wrestling with this vexed question of pitch since at least 1976 on
lutes, vihuelas, guitars, violas da gamba- with singers, other
instrumentalists, and- worst of all, alone by myself- attempting to
force gut strings to go to distant extremes both high & low; to remote
places where no gut string has gone before... After all this, I now
agree strongly with dwsdolc, above-
"Whatever feels good?"
YES! Whatever feels good- and sounds good, too- (not a bad thing,
sounding good). Sometimes nylon & KF are unavoidable; forced, dire
necessities in the so-called real world, esp. when $ are at stake. But
at home the only demons that must be appeased are my own ears, the
instrument/string interface, and the non-negotiable demands of the
occasional wandering resident soprano- "She Whose Range Requirements
Must Be Obeyed".
Great discussion, and a fine followup to last week's "Tempus Futilious
Gettingaway Fromus" :-D .
Dan
On 12/12/2015 5:27 AM, Ron Andrico wrote:
We have posted our Saturday morning quotations, this week on pitch
standards.
[1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB
Ron & Donna
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References
1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB
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