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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only when they play with a =
piano!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 25, 2002 =
9:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:Just had a Bach =
Werckmeister
rehearsal with 3 violins</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Found this on the Tuning list this morning. =
Interesting; do
string players<BR>play in temperaments? <BR>Paul Bailey<BR>Modesto,
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CA<BR>========================
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2<BR>Date: Sun, 24
Mar 2002 23:44:47 EST<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:Afmmjr@aol.com">Afmmjr@aol.com</A><BR>Subject: Just had =
a Bach
Werckmeister rehearsal with 3 violins<BR><BR>In case there is interest =
on the
list, I thought I'd share the experience I <BR>had tonight in =
Brooklyn. It was
a first rehearsal of the solo violin, <BR>ritornello violin 1 and =
ritornello
violin 2. The music street now considers <BR>that Bach had in mind =
only 1
string instrument to a part. That's better for <BR>me because I am =
playing 1
of 2 alto recorders for the Brandenburg Concerto #4 <BR>in G =
major.<BR><BR>So
I hand them a little 12 note chart of Werckmeister tuning in cents. =
Now,
<BR>my alto recorder is scotch taped to a perfect Werckmeister scale. =
I could
<BR>photocopy it in a photocopier and then someone could tape another =
alto
<BR>recorder to the same modifications. This means that we could all =
play a
<BR>scale where they would match me: the recorder set a standard
pitch.<BR><BR>Then we played through. Wow. Julianne Klopotic said =
aloud, "this
tuning is <BR>so beautiful. I didn't think it could sound like this." =
Soloist
Dan Auerbach <BR>seemed in shock in the train ride back to Manhattan. =
"Why
don't people know <BR>about this? Why isn't this taught in the =
conservatories?
Why don't I go <BR>back to a University to get this out there and =
myself
proper recognition and <BR>degree?" See, he didn't know about Columbia =
University.<BR><BR>Each person seemed to prefer a different way of =
thinking of
it. They tried <BR>real hard to hear the semitonal movements. It =
through them
off. They <BR>started hearing flatter notes as sharper! I redirected =
their
ears and mind <BR>so that they could hear the relationship, in G Major =
of each
interval's <BR>specialness. Ah, now it was starting to click. Dan =
announced,
"how many <BR>fiths and how many thirds?" <BR><BR>Good question, 2 =
sizes of
fifth and 4 sizes of third. But Julianne was more <BR>interested in =
the
variety of 39 intervals at 6 cents apart. Maxim was <BR>quieter. His =
playing
did his talking...really beautiful. They all picked it <BR>up rapidly =
(one
hour). There are only 2 more rehearsals. At the end, there <BR>is a =
unison
between violins which was played exquisitely. Hope they can do =
<BR>that on
April 30th. That's when the music should peak.<BR><BR>Best, Johnny
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