Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-14 Thread Michael Cook
>ECDG GDEC EDCG GDEC I'm pretty sure the third line should read "CEDG" not "EDCG". Stan Lord MusicByte London For another version, see http://www.bigben.freeservers.com/chimes.html or listen to http://www.clockpeddler.com/westminster.mp3 ___ F

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-13 Thread Stan Lord
>>Having played weddings for more than 40 years, I played this >>celebrated chime sequence who knows how many times. Today someone >>asked me what the pitch sequence was for this familiar item. ... > > >>One of you scholars will surely know what the proper sequence is. I >>have heard it played

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-06 Thread Phil Daley
At 01/06/2003 01:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 06/01/2003 17:25:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ECDG GDEC EDCG GDEC Our town hall clock used the above sequence (using each line to represent the quarter hours) something I remember from my childhood before

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-06 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 06/01/2003 17:25:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ECDG GDEC EDCG GDEC Our town hall clock used the above sequence (using each line to represent the quarter hours) something I remember from my childhood before strangers who had not grown up with its friendly bel

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-06 Thread Andrew Stiller
Having played weddings for more than 40 years, I played this celebrated chime sequence who knows how many times. Today someone asked me what the pitch sequence was for this familiar item. ... One of you scholars will surely know what the proper sequence is. I have heard it played by various o

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-06 Thread Cecil Rigby
Hi Ken & Philip et al-- I too have heard it in F, but play it in various keys, depending on the timbre of the lowest note- I want good decay without brassiness. and a slight variation on the third line the whole as follows and the *last note* I have recently heard as the low F rath

Re: [Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-06 Thread Philip Aker
On Sunday, Jan 5, 2003, at 19:06 US/Pacific, D. Keneth Fowler wrote: Having played weddings for more than 40 years, I played this celebrated chime sequence who knows how many times. Today someone asked me what the pitch sequence was for this familiar item. The caller had just acquired an old g

[Finale] Westminster Chime _OT

2003-01-05 Thread D. Keneth Fowler
Having played weddings for more than 40 years, I played this celebrated chime sequence who knows how many times. Today someone asked me what the pitch sequence was for this familiar item. The caller had just acquired an old grandfather's clock and felt something was amiss when it chimed the par