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Re: what about simplifying music notation?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: what about simplifying music notation? |
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Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:23:22 +0100 |
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Marc Weber <address@hidden> writes:
>> David Kastrup
> I'm lacking knowldege here. All I know is that in simple orchestras
> are using electronic tuners here. So they don't care about whether a
> note is 2 cents higher or not.
Trust me, a violinist cares whether he has tuned reasonably pure fifths
or not. He'll stop tuning when he has to, but be less happy in the
process.
And I have been singing in choirs specializing in old music, and yes,
you learn which intervals you have to take how flat or sharp compared to
the equally tempered keyboard.
> I've never seen pitch annotations such as +10cent on notes. So most
> music huge masses plays from paper doesnt care about it. It depends on
> the musician playing.
Singers, wind instruments, brass instruments, (unfretted) string
instruments: all those are _correcting_ their pitches semiautomatically
in order to get reasonably pure intervals and harmonies.
When tuning an orchestra, there is a hierarchy of instruments consulted
for concert pitch, depending on how hard they are to tune/pitchbend: if
you have an organ, it rules. If not, other keyboard instruments follow,
then the hautboys and so on. String players are most flexible.
--
David Kastrup
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