> On 1 May 2018, at 05:34, Paul Scott <waterho...@ultrasw.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Hans Åberg wrote: >> >>> On 30 Apr 2018, at 22:23, Torsten Hämmerle <torsten.haemme...@web.de> wrote: >>> >>> Hans Åberg-2 wrote >>>> I play the flute, and I checked with one of my teachers who sits on one of >>>> the operas here. >>> >>> Hi Hans, >>> >>> It's funny that you mention the flute of all instruments. It reminds me of >>> the old joke >>> "How do you get two flute players to play in unison?" - - - "Shoot one!" >>> >>> No offence meant, I just couldn't resist :) >> >> Flutes have a very definite pitch, making it hard to play in unison, unlike >> strings then. It is mentioned in Blatter's book on orchestration. > > I've only heard this joke about piccolo players where the tuning is much more > difficult.
James Galway said in his book that it is a tricky instrument, requiring a lot of practise. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
