On 06/01/2012 9:18 PM, Bruce O. Bowes wrote:
I wonder if anyone knows of a simple arrangements of the tune
Walsingham. I would be very grateful if you could give me some idea of
where i might be able to find it or pass along a copy.
There are a number of versions on sarge gerbode's site (http:
On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
>> The usual answer is "better sharp than out of tune."
> How silly is that? Playing sharp _is_ out of tune!
Well, it's a joke, but like much humor, it's based in experience. If the
orchestra is playing at 441 and the flute player comes in at
How silly is that? Playing sharp _is_ out of tune!
At 05:51 PM 1/6/2012, howard posner wrote:
>On Jan 6, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
>
> > I
> > recall in rehearsals stopping, and inquiring why they did that. They
> > responded that many of the individual violinists tuned sharp, "s
On Jan 6, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
> I
> recall in rehearsals stopping, and inquiring why they did that. They
> responded that many of the individual violinists tuned sharp, "so I
> can hear myself", and they found that it was easier for them to play that way.
The usual answer
So true. I recall years ago, playing a mandolino in the double
Vovaldi concerto, with a modern chamber orchestra. The concertmaster
gave a true a=440 to tune all the string players, but most of the
string players tuned sharper than that, and they were around 443. I
recall in rehearsals stopp
Reminds me of a Woody Allen quote:
"... I like three, but it is hard enough to get one."
RT
Are there really any serious lutenists, who just "push the buttons", just
set the finger on the string without "colouring" the pitch by the finger
pressure up or down?
I find just "pushing the buttons" t
--- On Fri, 1/6/12, wikla wrote:
>
> Are there really any serious lutenists, who just "push the buttons", just
> set the finger on the string without "colouring" the pitch by the finger
> pressure up or down?
I find just "pushing the buttons" to be pretty hard in itself.
Chris
Christopher Wil
This is very interesting to me, because an old friend recently alerted me to
a new line of thinking claiming that 432Hz OUGHT to be true concert pitch.
There are websites devoting a lot of space to articles and discussions about
this.
http://www.omega432.com/music.html
http://www.solfeggiotones
Dear luthenists
A friend gave me an amusing tuning fork, which is clearly of
some age.
I am not (here) in a position to be able to load a photo of it, but it
fits into a tight wooden case, and at the end of this there is a hollow
metal peg. I quickly realized that if you p
