I have been intrigued by the discussion of the tonal colours of the different keys. I am interested if anyone out there has a similiar description for the pipes?
Thanks Jordan Citando SUZANNE MACDONALD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toby Rider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:58 PM > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Skinner's Colours > > Toby Rider wrote: > > > > It's interesting how keys have totally different tonal > > characteristics on different instruments.. Example, the key of E has > > very different tonal qualities on the fiddle, the guitar, the banjo, the > > piano, the flute or the voice. > > I think his observations reflect the physical characteristics of the > > fiddle. Different methods of tone production seem to give different > > character to the same notes in the same keys on different instruments. > > Then again, it could all be hot air.. Which was all know J.S. Skinner > > had plenty of.. :-) > > There are many reasons why different instruments, even different string > instruments sound different in the same key. First, the unplucked, unbowed > strings contribute significantly to the overall sound and they are tuned > differently, guitar Vs fiddle say. Also guitars have many different tunings, > presumably a specific tuning being "better" even for one tune Vs. another > in the same key. Secondly there is a significant difference between the > sound produced by a string which is allowed to vibrate freely, [damped or > natural vibration] such as a piano of a plucked instrument and the sound > produced by a bowed instrument such as the fiddle where the string is being > continuously excited. There are many other reasons, for example, type of > wood, shape thickness,etc,etc. > > Alexander Mac Donald > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
