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- Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:11 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Second (string) instrument for a flute player?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7477
While I personally feel it sounds *great* as an Itrad backup instrument, it would probably draw stares at a session. Yeah, it's too bad that nobody influential in the 1960's thought to use a uke so it could be considered traditional, because it would work really well. And it's much kinder on the le...
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:03 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Second (string) instrument for a flute player?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7477
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:24 am
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: Dear Miss Manners,
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18481
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:10 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Cents vs Hertz
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2413
cents is relative and not absolute Well, it depends on how you're looking at it. :) If you're talking about the size of intervals, or the placement of notes in relation to each other, a figure in cents stays the same regardless of octave. A pure 5th is always 702 cents. It doesn't matter if you're ...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:27 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Fiddle 78s online
- Replies: 56
- Views: 212392
Another place to crosspost would be to archive.org
They've got a growing collection of 78's on there:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... 2278rpm%22
EDIT- oops- I didn't notice that this is where they were! That's the trouble of coming back to a thread you looked at earlier!
They've got a growing collection of 78's on there:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... 2278rpm%22
EDIT- oops- I didn't notice that this is where they were! That's the trouble of coming back to a thread you looked at earlier!
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:03 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Breadmaking Machines
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4879
If anybody wants to try a breadmaker cheaply, thrift stores and garage sales are full of them in never-used or used-once condition- some of them are the better brands, too. Just make sure you get the paddle(s) with them, and that the pan and paddle isn't worn out. I buy yeast from a local store-fron...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:58 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Tips for setting up a session?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3595
- Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:42 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Tips for setting up a session?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3595
If there aren't a lot of people around that play, consider starting a slow session to teach tunes first. You should end up with a core group of people who can play tunes from memory and you can also start working in ornaments at the same time. The alternative would be to print out sets of music for ...
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:12 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: silver flutist switching to wooden flute
- Replies: 77
- Views: 17875
Another possible path would be to start playing whistle before going to wood flute. The idea behind this is that playing an instrument that's less like the one you're currently playing will encourage you to get the style in your head and fingers instead of playing the wood flute just like you do the...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:49 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: why not a mandolin?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4940
Some cheap garage sale (and ebay) mandolins are poorly fretted, so they won't play in tune. Sometimes it's just a problem with bridge placement (which you can fix since it isn't glued down). On a small instrument, fret placement is critical because the frets are so close together. Mandolin can be a ...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:53 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Baroque traverso's sweet spot
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1309
Some traverso tips- Take a look at several fingering charts, including the Quantz book if you can find a copy. 1-key flutes vary a LOT and depending on what tuning system you're shooting for one of the other fingerings might work better for you/your instrument. Remember that there are often differen...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:37 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Renaissance wax for the ouside finish?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1650
- Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:03 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: How many whistles can play in a session?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2484
- Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:46 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: scale length - tuning question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2646
With the highest string in steel, you could tune it as high as d- the 4th line on treble clef- a whole step lower than a mandolin. Going much higher than that and you'll get a lot of breakage. A tuning like the 3 lowest strings of a violin gda (or the top three of a viola) would work better, but tha...
- Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:45 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Difference between Baroque flute and modern Irish flute?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9781
I've got an old Folkers Baroque flute at a=415. Not much good for traditional music at that pitch BUT.... The one-key flute continued to be made and sold well into the early twentieth century! In general they were less expensive than models with more keys, and therefore would have appealed to player...