In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Stiller writes: >Scordatura is sometimes notated that way, and sometimes at the actual >pitch, the convention varying with time, place, and circumstance. Any >unorthodox tuning of a stringed instrument is scordatura regardless of >the notation.
OK, but since there seems to be no agreement on the orthodox tuning of the fifth string of a double bass, I would count both B and C as accordatura (following the argument that John Howell found in "Grove"). -- 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
