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Re: Intervals enharmony question
From: |
Hans Åberg |
Subject: |
Re: Intervals enharmony question |
Date: |
Tue, 1 May 2018 11:08:52 +0200 |
> On 1 May 2018, at 11:00, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hans Åberg <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> On 1 May 2018, at 10:34, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Paid performers. Recorder performances are a thing in primary school
>>> contexts already.
>>
>> The recorders used in schools are an idea from Carl Orff, with the
>> idea that it is inexpensive. Therefore, one made a modern recorder
>> tuning that should be simpler, but without the capacity of the Baroque
>> tuning. But, as it turn out, it is a bad instrument to start playing
>> when little, because the fingers motoric is not fully developed. So
>> that got the recorder a bad reputation instead.
>>
>>> I remember some performance from secondary school where a pair of
>>> prim girls were playing, I think, a duet on soprano recorder (I don't
>>> even think an alto was involved) from some booklet, with the
>>> intonation to be expected and everybody clapped politely. The
>>> proceeded to WHEEEEEEEE blow out their mouthpieces, then played
>>> another piece. WHEEEEEEE. And another. WHEEEEEEE. I think they
>>> proceeded to murder the whole booklet. WHEEEEEEE. Probably not more
>>> than 20 pieces or so. WHEEEEEE.
>>
>> Give thanks to Carl Orff for that.
>
> The recorders were merely the weapon. The booklet contained the
> ammunition and the idea of a cartridge clip is usually not to empty it
> all in one go.
>
> At any rate, I am sure that Orff is in an afterlife where angelic little
> beings are playing recorder to him.
Or devilish little creatures playing the soprano recorders used in schools.
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