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Re: missing glissando features (bugs?)
From: |
Graham Percival |
Subject: |
Re: missing glissando features (bugs?) |
Date: |
Wed, 20 May 2009 23:20:28 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:04:30AM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> I've played several orchestral pieces where the violin parts include
> glissandi ranging over several strings.
> Mahler Symphony no. 4 comes to my mind, for example. I'm still uncertain
> on exactly how to play it, though, but perhaps the idea is that every
> player does it somewhat differently and the collective effect is what
> the composer is looking for.
Oh, come on! There's no theoretical maximum frequency of a violin
string[1]. Just start on the G string and slide up. ;)
[1] Assuming a perfectly elastic string, being excited by an
infitesimally narrow bow, with perfectly-controlled bow speed,
pressure, and position...
Cheers,
- Graham
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), (continued)
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Neil Puttock, 2009/05/13
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Marc Hohl, 2009/05/14
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Neil Puttock, 2009/05/14
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Marc Hohl, 2009/05/15
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Neil Puttock, 2009/05/15
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Marc Hohl, 2009/05/16
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Neil Puttock, 2009/05/18
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Mats Bengtsson, 2009/05/19
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Jonathan Kulp, 2009/05/19
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Marc Hohl, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?),
Graham Percival <=
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Carl D. Sorensen, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Graham Percival, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Carl D. Sorensen, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Graham Percival, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Francisco Vila, 2009/05/20
- Re: missing glissando features (bugs?), Neil Puttock, 2009/05/10