Re: AW: [tuning] wind instruments.rewritten

> Hi Werner,
>
> Thanks for providing this perspective on wind instruments, that woodwinds
> can play through different fingerings to achieve specific microtones.
>
> This may surprise you, but wind players have also conquered the deep octaves
> and recorders can be microtonally flexible as well. Recorders, and to a
> limited extent the other winds, respond well to resizings of the tone holes
> through adhesive tape (e.g., scotch tape) over the top of the tone hole.
>
> Additionally, over time, one can master the technique of partial shadings,
> as well as partial depressions of keys in order to achieve a specific
> microtone (e.g., the Iranian style of using only the second joints of the fingers to
> keep in constant contact with the wind being blown for regular microtonal
> alterations. There are all the techniques of glottal dropping and the shifting
> of the tonal pocket down and up in pitch trough wind velocity and/or
> embouchure.
>
> best, Johnny Reinhard
> bassoon and recorder player
>