---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Found this on the Tuning list this morning. Interesting; do string players play in temperaments? Paul Bailey Modesto, CA ======================================== Message: 2 Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:44:47 EST From: Afmmjr@aol.com Subject: Just had a Bach Werckmeister rehearsal with 3 violins In case there is interest on the list, I thought I'd share the experience I had tonight in Brooklyn. It was a first rehearsal of the solo violin, ritornello violin 1 and ritornello violin 2. The music street now considers that Bach had in mind only 1 string instrument to a part. That's better for me because I am playing 1 of 2 alto recorders for the Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G major. So I hand them a little 12 note chart of Werckmeister tuning in cents. Now, my alto recorder is scotch taped to a perfect Werckmeister scale. I could photocopy it in a photocopier and then someone could tape another alto recorder to the same modifications. This means that we could all play a scale where they would match me: the recorder set a standard pitch. Then we played through. Wow. Julianne Klopotic said aloud, "this tuning is so beautiful. I didn't think it could sound like this." Soloist Dan Auerbach seemed in shock in the train ride back to Manhattan. "Why don't people know about this? Why isn't this taught in the conservatories? Why don't I go back to a University to get this out there and myself proper recognition and degree?" See, he didn't know about Columbia University. Each person seemed to prefer a different way of thinking of it. They tried real hard to hear the semitonal movements. It through them off. They started hearing flatter notes as sharper! I redirected their ears and mind so that they could hear the relationship, in G Major of each interval's specialness. Ah, now it was starting to click. Dan announced, "how many fiths and how many thirds?" Good question, 2 sizes of fifth and 4 sizes of third. But Julianne was more interested in the variety of 39 intervals at 6 cents apart. Maxim was quieter. His playing did his talking...really beautiful. They all picked it up rapidly (one hour). There are only 2 more rehearsals. At the end, there is a unison between violins which was played exquisitely. Hope they can do that on April 30th. That's when the music should peak. Best, Johnny Reinhard ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2483 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/26/3d/2d/61/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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