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mary
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response 50 of 64:
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Apr 8 14:24 UTC 1998 |
The bowl I bought sounds the C# just above middle C. They
had smaller bowls which produced higher tones and a couple
of larger bowls which had incredibly deep resonant voices.
What amazes me about the sound is how it seems to come from
everywhere, or nowhere in particular. It's like one of those
painting where the portrait's subject seems to be looking right
at you no matter where you stand. This music surrounds you
everywhere in the room.
I want a big one for my birthday. I should drop some hints.
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keesan
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response 51 of 64:
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Apr 8 23:23 UTC 1998 |
The sound from everywhere may have something to do with reflection off the
insides of the bowl. A parabolic bowl might just send sound in one direction.
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rcurl
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response 52 of 64:
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Apr 9 04:06 UTC 1998 |
The outside vibrates too. Even the inside has to vibrate in the correct
mode and phase relations to focus the sound. It doesn't. A plane sound
wave *entering* a parabolic reflector is focused - to the focal point.
There is no sound being *generated* at the focal point, so that mode of
directionality is invalid too.
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remmers
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response 53 of 64:
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Apr 9 17:15 UTC 1998 |
Re #50, last sentence: You just dropped a big one. :)
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orinoco
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response 54 of 64:
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Apr 9 21:39 UTC 1998 |
As a matter of fact, the "sound from everywhere" might have something to do
with the fact that the whole instrument's vibrating, not just a single
resonator. Hmm....
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rcurl
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response 55 of 64:
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Apr 10 04:34 UTC 1998 |
It is a single "resonator". However physical objects have very complex *modes*
of vibration, depending on where and how they are struck/bowed.
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orinoco
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response 56 of 64:
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Apr 10 19:59 UTC 1998 |
(sorry, I meant "the whole instrument's vibrating, not jsut part of it")
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mary
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response 57 of 64:
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Apr 10 23:34 UTC 1998 |
Well, the singing bowl now has a proper Buddhist home.
I shall miss it.
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omni
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response 58 of 64:
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Jul 25 07:43 UTC 1999 |
My favorite instrument is the Trumpet.
It really depends on who is playing it and whose music is being played on
it. My favorite jazz piece is "Flamingo" played by Carl H. (Doc) Severinson.
The piece starts out slow, almost feeble, then builds into a full blossoming
melody that floats on the air. The finale of the piece features Doc doing some
really heavy crescendos and a killer solo in the bridge. No matter how many
times I hear it, my spirit always soars to Heaven.
I have a few classical pieces that stand out. The first is "Fanfare for
the Common Man" by Aaron Copland and performed by the Cincinnati Pops.
Copland's use of the entire horn section was a stroke of pure genius. The mid
section, where the french horns speak regally is something worthy of gods.
The second piece is "Rondeau" by Jean-Joseph Mouret played by Wynton Marsalis.
He is absolutly flawless in his performance and it is definitly another soul
stirrer. Not quite as stirring as Fanfare for the Common Man, but indeed
beautiful. Marsalis also does a piece called "Prince of Denmark March" which
is also great. Incidentally, Rondeau is the Masterpiece Theatre theme.
I have many other Trumpet records and peformers to list; Herb Alpert,
Wynton Marsalis, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, among others are simply
awesome to hear. There is something about a Trumpet's sound cutting through
the air.
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coyote
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response 59 of 64:
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Aug 3 22:31 UTC 1999 |
My favorite instrument is the piano... it is incredibly versatile, can express
such a wide range of emotions, can play many different genres of music so
effectively, has the rare ability of being able to fill out chords with
itself,
and has some wonderful music written for it. The only instrument that I love
more than the piano is the full orchestra as a unit. There are so many
pieces that
feature the piano that I wouldn't know where to begin describing them.
I, too, enjoy the French Horn. The horn has a full, rich sound (when
played correctly) which is very enjoyable to listen to. The French Horn
is often described as having a
"singing" quality to it, and is often likened to a human voice. The range
of the French Horn is, for practical purposes, from the C two ledger lines
below the bass clef staff to the C two ledger lines above the treble clef
staff. The range can be overreached, but I don't think that that's done
very often. There's a good quantity of works for horn and piano, which
remind me a bit of art songs (probably because of the horn's singing
quality). Although my collection of horn music is not at all extensive,
I recommend the CD "A Horn Museum: The Valved Horn" by Willard Zirk (the
Horn professor at EMU) as a good collection of some of these pieces.
Besides these two instruments, which I'm probably biased towards because I
play both of them, I also like the sound of the double-reeded instrument
family, though I'm not really familiar with any of the literature written
for them. Of the string family, I'm probably most fond of the cello, but
I enjoy the others, too.
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dbratman
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response 60 of 64:
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Aug 5 22:27 UTC 1999 |
For sheer sound of individual instruments, I enjoy the viola, oboe, and
trombone - dark-hued (well, two of them are) middle instruments without
the glamour of their orchestral neighbors the cello, clarinet, and
trumpet.
Preferences for groups of instruments playing together is another
matter.
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mary
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response 61 of 64:
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Aug 9 11:41 UTC 1999 |
Jeff, I'm not surprised you would favor the cello among stringed
instruments, as the octal range is almost identical. I too enjoy the
lustier sound of a base voice but I prefer the cello to brass because it
doesn't involve spit. For the most part. ;-)
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coyote
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response 62 of 64:
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Aug 9 18:12 UTC 1999 |
That is a downside... but whenever I empty my horn, I comfort myself by saying
"it's mostly condensation." :P
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mary
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response 63 of 64:
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Aug 9 21:02 UTC 1999 |
Ack, s/bass voice/base voice. Comes closer to what I meant. ;-)
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davel
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response 64 of 64:
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Aug 13 12:00 UTC 1999 |
Also s/octal/octave/ ??
<dave tries to imagine a base-8 (or bass-8?) voice>
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