Contrabass Digest |
| To subscribe or unsubscribe, email gdgreen@contrabass.com |
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:16:02 -0500
From: Bonnie/Oscar <bgyoaw@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: Eyeball shaking
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comSorry, 40 Hz, Low F.
Reading your part and playing Forte
can be hard when the eyeballs start jiggling.Oscar
-----------------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:04:53 -0400
From: Robert Howe <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject: Re: Tarogato page
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comHere is the Tarogato page:
http://www.ucolick.org/~sutin/tarogato.html
Regards,
Robert Howe
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:26:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: bj914@scn.org (John Micheal Bush)
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>As a general rule, NEVER REPLY TO SPAM. First, this list is set to "Reply
I would think that with all of the wonderful (sarcastically, mind you)
software and hardware out there for commiting computer vandalism, people
would get in the habit of applying them to spammers. Vigilante-ism, sort
of thing. Or not. Just my two cents...
Reading over your lists of perfect orchestras, I noticed the
instruments were all European, more or less. Has anyone had much success
using Asian and African instruments in contemporary orchestras.
Historically, European and Asian instruments came from the same roots, or
so I have been led to believe. Is it just too impractical? Thank you.John Bush
--
Imperial Space Cowboy
But, good Lord, what do I care about the laws of nature and arithmetic if
I have my own reasons for disliking them, including the one about two and
two making four! - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 04:48:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Adam Kent-Isaac <lokibassoon@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Asian and African Instruments
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comAdam Kent
lokibassoon@yahoo.com
Well, Asian and African instruments belong with others of their kind.
Instruments which are native to Asia and Africa usually do not display
enough range capacity.
African instruments usually differ more in the sound than the pitch.
You don't see contrabass, bass, alto, tenor, etc. African instruments,
because oftentimes these instruments are not played in groups, and
usually not in sections.
Asian instruments are as a rule, generally always percussive. There
are some wind, but not many. An orchestra comprised solely of
percussion instruments would be displeasing to the ear. The Gamelan
orchestras of Asia, yes, are made up of percussion, but there are few
enough people so that it doesn't sound bad. But 100 or so peope playing
only percussion would be disastrous.
Also, Asian and African instruments are generally too quiet and would
not carry with the rest of the orchestral texture if they were used
with Western instruments.
Now, I'm not telling you what to do. Really, anything could be done
music wise, and you could use African and Asian instruments in an
orchestra. But the suggestion to disregard Western instruments and
comprise our "Perfect Orchestra" is absurd, ludicrous, and illogical.
That is because we on this list do not know so much about African and
Asian instruments, and we don't know the respective sizes and
categories of the instruments.
--- John Micheal Bush <bj914@scn.org> wrote:
> Reading over your lists of perfect orchestras, I noticed the
> instruments were all European, more or less. Has anyone had much success
> using Asian and African instruments in contemporary orchestras.
> Historically, European and Asian instruments came from the same roots, or
> so I have been led to believe. Is it just too impractical? Thank you.
>
> John Bush_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com---------------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:03:17 -0400
From: Daniel Martin <dmartin@gdats.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Obscure Works
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comAnybody else have any ideas??? This is something I've been dreaming of for
a while, Grant has probably nailed it; not real practical. We have the
Eastern Music Festival here in Greensboro, NC annually and this is perhaps
the path I may eventually take to get enough musicians together to
experiment a little. I'm not sure how far in advance a work would need to
be presented before consideration into any concert or recital.For those of you interested in finding out more about the EMF, go to the
Website www.easternmusicfestival.com. This is a wonderful experience; for
those of you passing through central NC, you would be glad you stopped by
for a concert or two. These kids from all around the world really do a
magnificent job.All for now, Dan Martin
Bari Sax, EEb Contra-Alto Clarinet>Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:17:41 -0700
>To: Daniel Martin <dmartin@gdats.com>
>From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
>Subject: Re: Obscure Works
>
>>My dream pieces are not quite as large. One day (years from now most
>>likely) I'd like to do some chamber music in the "style" of Holst and
>>Stravinsky. The instruments are to be: Contrabassoon, Cello, French Horn,
>>Oboe, Piccolo. For the Bach fans I'd also like to add Harpsichord and Harp
>>(sparingly) to a few works.
>>
>>Does anyone out there know of any pieces already written using just these
>>instruments or similar???
>
>Can't think of any for quite that slate, but if you substitute string bass
>for contrabassoon, and flute for piccolo, you're likely to find a few.
>
>It occurs to me that the selection of instruments might be constraining:
>for example, it might be difficult to write a lot of harmonies with the
>piccolo (the overlap between the useful range of the oboe and piccolo is
>probably less than an octave), and French horn doesn't blend particularly
>well with piccolo or oboe (although contrabassoon and cello should blend
>well). Perhaps use flute (doubling piccolo sometimes), and possibly
>substitute bass clarinet for the FH - that would give you two soprano
>(flute, oboe) and two alto (upper register bass clarinet and cello) voices,
>two tenor/bass voices (lower register bass clarinet and cello), one
>contrabass voice (contrabassoon), and one altissimo/descant voice (piccolo
>- best used sparingly ;-) ).
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Grant
>>Thanks,
>>Dan Martin
>>Bari Sax and EEb Contra-alto Clarinet
---------------------------------------------------------
From: Opusnandy@aol.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:08:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Star Wars Contrabass
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comI just got back from seeing the Phantom Menace again, and I would like to
confirm, it was definitely a didgeridoo being played at the start of the
battle sequence. Without a doubt. Still didn't hear any heckelphones,
though.Jon Carreira
Next Digest ->
Previous Digest <-
Index
Top