In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Stiller writes: >On Mar 3, 2005, at 5:57 AM, Ken Moore wrote: > >> ... some bass[es are] five-string >> (bottom string usually tuned to C in the US, B in Europe) > >B? That's a new one on me! Can anyone cite a composition (orch., >chamber, or solo) that actually requires that note from the cb?
"Also Sprach Zarathustra", in the fugue. I remember it particularly because only one part goes that low, and the conductor asked me to play it on my four-string with C extension. That meant I had to tune down, which is straightforward, and because I didn't want to play the rest of this fairly difficult work in an unfamiliar tuning, up again. I found this very difficult, mainly because the long string goes round the scroll and suffers from friction. Also, having the extension, I never practise with the bottom string tuned down. IIRC, there is also a low B in Brandenburg 3, but that may have been intended for a six-string violone. -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
