Music! Music! Music!
VIOLIN. I'm playing the second part of this duet. With a flutist friend who shall remain Nameless. My mother looked at the music today, and said "THIS IS CRAZY!" No, she didn't think it was easy. In fact, the first part was easier, she said, because you could actually tell what you were doing.
She was surprised I could play it at all. (Mother, we're dealing with Band Instruments. You know, The Things That Always Play in E Flat. The Things With Bizarre Repetoire.)
Ah, yes. Now she understands.
We played it all the way through together, but she just laughed at me in parts.
Yes, I could play it, all the way through, and on the first try. HOWEVER. My tuning was...<_< >_>...off...in places. Some of the intervals were a little too wierd for me to understand right off (chromatics, minor sixths, and all manner of unknown terrors), and even the normal fifths and fourths and octaves were worse than usual because of the key signature. At one point it sounded like I was playing with my toes.
CRAZYYYYYY!!!!
My assignment for Friday (Mama gives me two lessons a week when I need them--great teacher!!!) is to learn the First Three Lines.
o_o I'm Floored.
On a more positive note: The duet itself is BEAUTIFUL, and I LOVE all the vibrato I can put into it. (now, if we can have *tuned* vibrato, we'll be all set. :P)
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I'm listening to MORE Alison Krauss right now. What? Something from the Cold Mountain soundtrack: "Scarlet Tide" It's really beautiful.
Ah, the wonders of Singingfish.com: Finds on the Alison Krauss search (besides the aforementioned): Down in the River to Pray (one of my favorites), Whiskey Lullaby (everyone talks about it, but I have yet to hear it once on the radio--and really it's not all that great of a song. it's just sad.), and Ain True Love (also from the Cold Mountain soundtrack--a quiet war-time love song with a beautiful melody).
She was surprised I could play it at all. (Mother, we're dealing with Band Instruments. You know, The Things That Always Play in E Flat. The Things With Bizarre Repetoire.)
Ah, yes. Now she understands.
We played it all the way through together, but she just laughed at me in parts.
Yes, I could play it, all the way through, and on the first try. HOWEVER. My tuning was...<_< >_>...off...in places. Some of the intervals were a little too wierd for me to understand right off (chromatics, minor sixths, and all manner of unknown terrors), and even the normal fifths and fourths and octaves were worse than usual because of the key signature. At one point it sounded like I was playing with my toes.
CRAZYYYYYY!!!!
My assignment for Friday (Mama gives me two lessons a week when I need them--great teacher!!!) is to learn the First Three Lines.
o_o I'm Floored.
On a more positive note: The duet itself is BEAUTIFUL, and I LOVE all the vibrato I can put into it. (now, if we can have *tuned* vibrato, we'll be all set. :P)
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I'm listening to MORE Alison Krauss right now. What? Something from the Cold Mountain soundtrack: "Scarlet Tide" It's really beautiful.
Ah, the wonders of Singingfish.com: Finds on the Alison Krauss search (besides the aforementioned): Down in the River to Pray (one of my favorites), Whiskey Lullaby (everyone talks about it, but I have yet to hear it once on the radio--and really it's not all that great of a song. it's just sad.), and Ain True Love (also from the Cold Mountain soundtrack--a quiet war-time love song with a beautiful melody).
posted by Unknown at 5:51 PM
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GRRRRRRRRRRR........!!!
This is Nameless checking in.
They Do Not have bizzare repertoire. Well, maybe the *euphonium* section does, and the tubas, but flute and clarinet and oboe pieces are world-renowned!! And we don't always play in e flat either. For the past three months or so all of my pieces have been sharps, with more and more sharps coming into play. (enough to drive anyone, string or not, batty!)
As far as tuning is concerned...!! My long-suffering band director had to give me my own personal tuning at the start of practice on Tuesday because I was sitting under his nose, fighting with my headjoint. "You're struggling, aren't you?" he said in his kind, compassionate way. And then yesterday, when I was fighting with it again, it was, "What did we learn last time?" Sharp. I'm always sharp. Or flat. Or both. Can you be both? :)
At least you like it otherwise... ^_^
Have fun. Just wait till next Tuesday, when we actually get to play it together.
Bwahahahahaha...
heeehee.
It seems I have a skewed sense of humor.
heehee.
You don't play band repetoire. You play real classical stuff. (hence, the sharps. ) It's just that when they market those pieces for band instruments, they always revert to the same old three key signatures: B flat, E flat, and F. :P
And yes, most wind repetoire is rather bizarre. (though I heard Galway on the radio the other day, playing a baroque piece by Bach(actually written for flute) that was just wonderful.)
...why are we playing together on Tuesday??
I'm always sharp too. And when I'm not, I'm flat. We'll keep each other in good company. : o)
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