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<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>A contribution to the discussion about
ca= po's, pitch...
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>(Not a professionals opinion, but the
vie= w of an enthousiastic amateur...)
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>I can't find the actual source at the
mom= ent but I remember an article containing a citation about the
pitch of th= e first string of the 4-course guitar. It's mearounning
was:
=
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>One should make a gut-string as thin as
p= ossible to make of good quality....
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>One should tune this string as high as
po= ssible to produce sound of good quality...
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>.... thus producing a not of aprox. the
a= ' of the 4-course guitar.
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>This suggests that exact pitch was not
im= portant but the quality of the sound.
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>Thus it depends on the size of the
instru= ment if A or G fits best -or somewhere in between......=3F We
nowadays te= nd to 'round' the value to some note on the axact scale in
A-440 pitch. =46= or us with musicians traveling all over the world
joining eachothers ense= mbles it is convenient to standardize.
Standardization beeing a necessity= of our time, not of theirs.
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>Bottom line: Choose what best comforts
yo= ur needs and sounds best.
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>W
<=46ONT COLOR=3D=22=23000000=22>P.S. I think about making a capo for my
b= ass-viol to eliminate the need to adapt tuning from A=3D440 and
A=3D415 a= ll the time. Problem is that fret-placement is usually not
exactly euqual= -tempered resulting in funny dissonants...
----- Original message -----
Sent: 2008/12/11 16:58:17
Subject: Re:=5BVIHUELA=5D Re: Hi All
There is one minor point though - shortening the mensur and thereby
facilitating difficult stretches...
G.
----- Original Message -----
=46rom: "Monica Hall"
> I can't see any point in using a capo. You can just
> play it as it is. Might be different if you are accompanying a singe=
r.
>
> Monica
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