Yes, I am referring to a string section in an orchestra. The original question was about orchestral writing. (If guitarists had only pegs, not machine mechanisms, they probably wouldn't want to mess with them in the middle of a piece, either!)
I use D tuning on my guitar a lot, myself. And I make use of several different tunings on my bass trombone valve and/or valves, if that matters. Ray Horton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce K H Kau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Scordatura notation and playback > I assume by "string" players you mean violin/viola/etc. Many guitarists, as > far as I know, love to detune strings. David Wilcox, Joni Mitchell, and > Stephen Stills come to mind. Here in Hawai'i it is almost the norm to use > non-standard tunings. See, for example, > > http://www.kbeamer.com/ > > And, yes, some guitarists have different guitars for different tunings. > But, many just get really good and detuning and retuning by ear. > > This actually creates a rather interesting sound, as when you detune a > guitar, you can achieve some sounds on a fretted instrument that are > otherwise not possible. For example a very popular tuning is (low to high) > D G D G B D - a purge G major chord. But, you can use just intonation > instead of equal tempered, and the additional richness this offers is quite > amazing. > > At 02:53 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, Ray Horton wrote: > >Notation is the least of the problem. It's been my experience that string > >players, especially violinists, detest this and will try to avoid messing up > >the tuning of their instruments just to play something the violas can do > >better. It's nearly impossible to get the off-tuned string in tune, and > >difficult to retune it back to the correct pitch. I'm not sure what you are > >describing, but perhaps just the firsts and violas could handle it? > > > >When I mentioned a low F-sharp to my daughter, the violinist, she said > >"That's why God made violas." > > > >Ray Horton > >Bass Trombonist, > >Louisville Orchestra > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >> >I have this niggling feeling that this has already been discussed on > >> >this list, but I'm curious about how to notate violin scordatura. In > >> >a work that I'm working on at the moment, I'd like the second > >> >violins to tune the G string down to F-sharp so that firsts, seconds > >> >and violas can play in a two-octave spread. I just want to know how > >> >I should notate this and get it to playback properly. > >> > > >> >Taris > >> > > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Finale mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > --------------------------------- > Bruce K. H. Kau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, USA > "Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning ..." > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
