Charlie brown Christmas

[paul bruesch]

Even as a rookie (tuner AND player), I was playing my recital and noticed
one or two notes with unisons slightly out of whack... it really distracted
me and I flubbed even more than just from normal stage "fright"

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 12/7/07, Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 7, 2007 7:15 AM, Brian Doepke <bdoepke at verizon.net> wrote:
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> >  Every year I listen to the original recordings for the Charlie Brown
> > Christmas show….and every year I hear some very out of tune notes. Please
> > allow me to finally ask this question.  Was this done on purpose?  Or
> > was it an oversight?
> >
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> Hi Brian,
>
> The longer you tune the shorter the list gets of recorded music you can
> stand to listen to. A lot of recordings were done over and over until they
> got it "perfect". The problem being the more times they had to go over the
> piece they were banging away on those same notes mildly pounding them out of
> tune on each pass. Some concietious musicians or producers notice this and
> have a tech standing by for touch-ups, others don't and those are the ones
> you will find you won't be able to listen to.
> Learning to tune can enhance your enjoyment of piano music but it's a
> double edged sword that can also destroy that enjoyment. All of the twangs
> and sqwauks of a piano that was poorly prepared or was used too long in
> rehearsal and not retuned for the performance will become very glaring
> problems to your well-trained ears. I find I pick and choose my concerts
> according to the care the piano gets regularly and who they use as their
> tech.
> My wife has become so accustomed to me changing the radio station abruptly
> she doesn't ask why anymore, she knows now that the piano in that recording
> was particularly bad.
> <grin>
> Mike
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