On 26/04/2013 15:35, David Pickett wrote:
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For most other instruments it is not in the middle at all. It is is
the lowest note on the standard flute, almost the highest note on the
bassoon
Have you heard the first note of the Rite of Spring - a C one octave
higher? This note is playable by any decent bassoonist today.
Of course, my mistake.
, and by no means comfortable to sing for a bass voice.
Really? Perhaps Russian basses! :-)
Beethoven 9th asks the choir basses to sing a "top D" and that I can
confirm is decidedly painful at modern concert pitch. At early 19th-C
chorton it was hopefully a bit easier. Trained good singers can manage
it, but (without going falsetto) it still does not come especially
recommended!
Richard Dobson
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