Thoughts

Thoughts:
The piano's shortcomings are kiling me.I will continue to play synthesizers though.
I want to learn an acoustic instrument that has sustain ,many variations in tone color,ability for pitch bends,vibrato,microtones,beautiful and ugly sounds.....
I like the saxophone.
Can one play just intonation on the saxophone?(I know that it is tuned in equal ,but has flexibilty to change the notes slightly,but can one do that in fast passages?)
Does anybody in this group play the saxophone?

Which are good the most flexible instruments for tunings and microtones ?

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On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:

> Which are good the most flexible instruments for tunings and microtones ?

Well, the obvious ones are fretless strings like violin, viola, cello and
string bass. In the brass family, there's the trombone. And of course,
there is that ultimately flexible instrument, the human voice!

Yes, by exercising breath control one can slightly adjust the tunings of
*closed-hole* woodwinds and valve-controlled brasses. It's a little easier
on open-hole woodwinds, because you have the added flexibility of
partially covering a hole.

If I were a composer who wanted to bring microtonal music to the widest
possible audience, I would write string quartets. This is the path with
the fewest obstacles; all you have to do is find a notation and train your
players.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Alexandros Papadopoulos <alexmoog@hotmail.com>
To: <tuning@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:14 PM
Subject: [tuning] Thoughts

> Thoughts:
> The piano's shortcomings are kiling me.I will continue to play
synthesizers
> though.
> I want to learn an acoustic instrument that has sustain ,many variations
in
> tone color,ability for pitch bends,vibrato,microtones,beautiful and ugly
> sounds.....
> I like the saxophone.
> Can one play just intonation on the saxophone?(I know that it is tuned in
> equal ,but has flexibilty to change the notes slightly,but can one do that
> in fast passages?)
> Does anybody in this group play the saxophone?
>
> Which are good the most flexible instruments for tunings and microtones
?
>
>
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I believe you asked this a few months ago and I'm giving you the same
reply as before: You should consider your own voice.

My main perfornance instrument is an electronic hand drum. I also
like noodling on other instruments such as xaphoon (a bamboo sax with
holes instead of keys) and fretless guitar, but I find I have to take
my hands off my drum to play them.

My voice on the other hand is an instrument that doesn't require the
use of hands. I began to seriously consider it after some Indian
classical vocal lessons with a kind, yet firm teacher who gave me
some confidence. Once you figure how to sing from your diaphragm
instead of your chest, it's not that bad. Now, I don't have the 4-
octave range of Pandit Jasraj or the ungodly pitch range of Bobby
McFerrin. I have one usable octave and can add one more by using
falsetto. I figure I could "cheat" on that aspect with a Whammy
pedal. Of course being the techie geek I am, I also want to run my
voice through a MIDI-controllable filter effect but that's another
topic...

Paolo

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "Alexandros Papadopoulos" <alexmoog@h...>
wrote:
> Thoughts:
> The piano's shortcomings are kiling me.I will continue to play
synthesizers
> though.
> I want to learn an acoustic instrument that has sustain ,many
variations in
> tone color,ability for pitch bends,vibrato,microtones,beautiful and
ugly
> sounds.....
[snip]
> Which are good the most flexible instruments for tunings and
microtones ?