lumen
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response 25 of 31:
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Dec 10 19:04 UTC 1997 |
Well said, font. Ummm... the Bee Gees and ABBA are musical groups, not
instruments, however. Yes, I'd say context is a huge part of music-- one that
I've found a LOT of college and university professors miss or don't
emphasize-- at least, the ones I've had.
Explain a little more what the Viola de Amore is? If it has two sets of
strings compared to the Viola de Gamba, is it analogous to the 12-string
guitar, compared to the common 6-string guitar? In other words, are the extra
set of strings on the Amore an octave below their counterparts?
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orinoco
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response 26 of 31:
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Dec 10 22:43 UTC 1997 |
I think the idea is that there are sympathetic strings running under the
fingerboard, similar to the ones on a sitar. Each sympathetic string is
paired with one of the normal string, and when the normal string above it is
played the sympathetic string vibrates.
I didn't know anyone was still making them, though.
(Would that be _electric_ mandolin and _electric_ cello, font?)
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mziemba
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response 29 of 31:
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May 24 14:07 UTC 1998 |
I don't always mind incidental instrument sounds associated with the
production of music. For instance, Prince has a beautiful song called
"Sometimes it Snows in April", which consists only of voice, minor piano
accompaniment, and acoustic guitar. The movement across the fingerboard
causes a distinct stretching sound which completely contributes to the sadness
of the song.
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mziemba
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response 30 of 31:
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May 24 14:51 UTC 1998 |
I think I probably liked stringed instrumets, the most. In particular, the
guitar, the lute, the violin, the cello, the mandolin, the ehr-hu, the oud,
the sitar, the piano, the harpsichord, the dulcimer, the banjo, and the kora.
I like aerophones a great deal as well, primarily oboes, bassoons,
clarinets, accordions, bagpipes, saxophones, trumpets, and french horns.
I probably lean towards reed aerophones.
I like idiophones a lot, too -- usually earthier sounding ones like the
types of xylophones found in Indonesian gamelan, deeper gongs, and mbiras.
Of the membranophones, again, I lean towards earthier ones like the
djembe, among others.
I'm not sure that there's an instrument I don't like, but I suppose I'm
not particularly fond of extremely sharp, high-pitched ones, like certain
flutes.
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lumen
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response 31 of 31:
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May 25 23:46 UTC 1998 |
Ummm, I don't think it's necessarily as big of a concern, no. For example,
some people, especially Andres Segovia, have hands very, very suited to play
the classical guitar, and yet you have many people learning to play it anyway.
It helps, yes, to fit the instrument to a person physically, but really, some
sort of compromise of what they want to play and what the ensemble needs to
have will be first priorities.
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