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Re: Intervals enharmony question
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Intervals enharmony question |
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Tue, 01 May 2018 11:00:25 +0200 |
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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.
--
David Kastrup
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