Novice/Algai Quarters

[Rosetta]

makes up a hrmony that sounds good and joins in :D The clairnet (AKA) tourture stick is a sacread insterment to me its my fav. :D :D

[Rosetta]

makes up a hrmony that sounds good and joins in :D The clairnet (AKA) tourture stick is a sacread insterment to me its my fav. :D :D

[F Horn of Valere]

bah

 

you know why woodwind quintets use the horn? because they need a brass instrument to make them sound good!

[F Horn of Valere]

bah

 

you know why woodwind quintets use the horn? because they need a brass instrument to make them sound good!

[Jeannaisais]

Haha very funny.....*dips the melody into the low register to show off her natural vibrato* :D

[Jeannaisais]

Haha very funny.....*dips the melody into the low register to show off her natural vibrato* :D

[F Horn of Valere]

ok.. quick history lesson for all you band geeks!

 

Way back when, music was all tuned to 420. (A modern "A" sounded like an "A#" back then.) That was all fine and dandy, but then the LA Symphony Orchestra decided to be different. They started tuning to 465. (A modern "A" sounded like a "B" back then.)

 

The europeans didn't much like this new change, and this became very difficult for musicians as they would visit each other's continents and be terribly out of tune.

 

So then they all compromised at a nice 440, which is what we use today.

 

So the next time you go play a Mozart Horn Concerto in Eb, but play on an F horn and don't transpose, you are really playing it in what the composer thought was the key of E!! wow!

[F Horn of Valere]

ok.. quick history lesson for all you band geeks!

 

Way back when, music was all tuned to 420. (A modern "A" sounded like an "A#" back then.) That was all fine and dandy, but then the LA Symphony Orchestra decided to be different. They started tuning to 465. (A modern "A" sounded like a "B" back then.)

 

The europeans didn't much like this new change, and this became very difficult for musicians as they would visit each other's continents and be terribly out of tune.

 

So then they all compromised at a nice 440, which is what we use today.

 

So the next time you go play a Mozart Horn Concerto in Eb, but play on an F horn and don't transpose, you are really playing it in what the composer thought was the key of E!! wow!

[Jeannaisais]

My flute teacher told me about that...quite interesting really.

[Ashandarei]

*walks in to the room he thought he heard a melody from*

*looks at the group of musicians*

"Hey! Just the place for me! Can I join?"

 

*pulls out his alto-sax and plays a groovy jazz lick*

"How's that? I do classical too."

*waits with anxious expression on his face*

[Jeannaisais]

*grins* Please do join us! I think its about time for a new song....we can go for classical....perhaps something by Chopin?

[Rosetta]

Brass just mucks up the music and takes the bueaty away and makes it just sound Man i just had a test over all those diffrent tuning periods it was confusing :? ok im ready for a new song :D :D i dont know any chopin songs off the top of my head but ill play wat i can :D :D

[Jeannaisais]

Minute Waltz anyone? That or...Moonlight Sonata is very pretty....and very centered towards woodwinds! :)

[goldeneys]

*wonders whats been happening*

*sits down in a dark corner*

[Ashandarei]

Hey goldy, we're just makin music, do you play anything? We've got a clarinet, french horn, sax, and a few others already!

[goldeneys]

Guitar sort of, and the recorder.

[Arya Ellesméra]

<_<

>_>

 

*Starts improvising drum parts to somehow go along with Chopin*

 

Eee, it's like Trans-Siberian Orchestra! For anyone who listens to them! :)

[Jeannaisais]

Never heard of them...and we've also got a flute and oboe as well as the others already mentioned! :) If Rai were here we could also have a tenor sax....hope he gets back soon!

[F Horn of Valere]

or with a clarinet and bassoon we've got a woodwind quintet :P my favorite group to play in lately!

 

*starts singing Divermento in Bb*

[goldeneys]

*pulls out an electric guitar*

[Helike]

*steals goldie's guitar and hands him a wand*

 

How 'bout you just pretend to conduct for now? When we move on to Hendrix you can have it back.

[goldeneys]

*waves the wwand and accidentally turns Helike into a fish*

*tries to change her back, but instead makes her a mule*

*tries to conduct others, but accidentally turns them all into animals*

[Ashandarei]

*tries to play the sax while in the form of a zebra... and realizes he might hurt himself and/or the sax... so waits for goldy to turn them back! now!*

[Rosetta]

huh huh am i a pig GOLDY turn us bake now!!!plz :) I cant play my horn likw this plz chage us back :? :?

[goldeneys]

*waves the wand at Ash, but turns him into an ostrich*