HT at UIB

[Farrell]

>"Jimi Hendrix's "wild mish mash" of sounds was a good point. It certainly
was
> crazy at the time... now it is only mildly irratating... grin.. ok thats
> provocative... "

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhh.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
You say that about genius? Glad you knew it was coming.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: HT at UIB


>
>
> Robin Blankenship wrote:
>
> > Ric and David,
> > Do you know of any contemporary composers (say, the last 50 years or so)
who
> > call for a particular temprament?? The physical attributes of an
instrument,
> > it's tonal resources, etc., certainly affect the music created for it.
It
> > seems reasonable that the temprament commonly used would do the same. As
> > when a pitch correction interacts with itself, so to speak, any
parameter of
> > performance affects all the others which in turn affect it. Your basic
> > chicken and egg problem. We have a wonderful way of resetting our world
view
> > when the world changes. The first time I listened to Jimi Hendrix it was
> > total mish-mash. I re-heard the record over and over. Gradually, it
became
> > to make sense. Perhaps, virtually any temprament would become
"acceptable"
> > if persistently employed. Nothing of fear from this. Diversity with a
> > purpose can be a good thing.
> >
> > Robin Blankenship
>
> Grin... tho we obviously dont aggree on politics, we certainly see eye to
eye on
> this note. I couldnt have put any of this better Robin. Actually thought
the use
> of Jimi Hendrix's "wild mish mash" of sounds was a good point. It
certainly was
> crazy at the time... now it is only mildly irratating... grin.. ok thats
> provocative... let me reput that... now its almost interesting... shoot...
not
> much better... well heck I never was a Hendrix fan.. :) Still point well
taken.
> I agree 1 billion percent.
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
>
>
>