On 14 Mar 2010 at 13:17, John Howell wrote: > lute with brass choir
This made me laugh out loud, and start imagining impossible ensembles. I started with the bass lute with brass choir, and turned it into solo lute on-stage with antiphonal brass choirs in the side galleries. Other than mixing instruments with completely contradictory sound profiles, what other kinds of things would make for incompatibility? Other than mixing Western and non-Western instruments with different tuning systems, I'm coming up blank. I must say, though, sometimes it's quite revealing to play a piece of music on the wrong instrument. For my junior recital in college, my program included the Berg Sonata, and at the time I was also doing some work on fortepiano, so I gave the Berg a try on the fortepiano. It was quite illuminating, in fact, as the clarity of the bass made for some interesting sounds. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
