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| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, just about any Jackie McLean recording is an example of his tendency to play very sharp. I’m in no way suggesting that this is a deal breaker for me, nor that it should be for anyone else. It is just that I personally find it annoying... | |
| What is turntable “liveliness”. All the @lewm has written is spot on. Or, at least, I agree with. I wholeheartedly agree with his comment that absolute speed accuracy, while very nice to have, is not essential. Speed “constancy” is. I would take it a step further and sugge... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello fellow Jazz aficionados. All is well and thank you for your concern. It’s been an insanely busy time work wise and while I have not posted I have followed the thread more than casually. On the subject of tenor players. For whatever it may b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Beautiful and poignant story. Thanks for sharing. Fathers Day just a few days away. One of the most elegant piano players to ever play this music: https://youtu.be/G_67hUmjgVY | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings Not sure how or why you arrived at that conclusion. As I see it, there’s been lots of love for Strauss expressed here. Some reservations expressed in some cases? Sure, including by yourself. Unconditional love? I save that for my children 😊. If yo... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @tylermunns, You’re welcome. You under estimate what would be required to achieve this. Not at all very simple, nor small. The acoustical forces and subsequent design considerations that would come into play would be considerable. Even if possibl... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @tylermunns, it’s too great a change in pitch for the note to note relationship of a given instrument to remain accurate. When a wind instrument is tuned, say in preparation for a performance, the player (as I explained previously) can essentially... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? A point of clarification: The eagle-eyed who read the article that I posted above will notice that there is a reference in it about the way that the pitch of a tuning fork lowers as its temperature rises. This may seem to contradict what I wrote... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @zgas-music, in answer to your question, note the reference to Gardiner’s recording in the “End Notes” of the article above. | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? Interesting reading. It should be noted that while it is true that tuning lower than A440 has been used through musical history, there is no indication that actual A432 was used; and certainly not as a “standard”. https://www.mozartpiano.com/arti... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @edcyn , I understand what you are saying. While this is really a separate issue, it further makes my point. It may not be practical, or may be impossible, to tune the fiddle to achieve the “magical” A432 tuning. In a way, it’s the same problem fo... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @edcyn , what does cross tuning have to do with reference pitch? I don’t think it does. Cross tuning “assigns” an open string pitch sequence other than what is standard. The reference tuning pitch that is used does not have to be different than A4... | |
| Which Songs Make Good Ringtones? Well, duh! “Call Me” Al Green 😊 | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings Richard Strauss was more than a fantastic composer and orchestrator. I say this in spite of the fact that, depending on my mood at a particular moment, I tend to have a love/not-quite-hate relationship with his music. If there is such a thing as t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Some players put a smile on your face from the first note: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKjjIa7cwTkI2QComwAkjo2j-ssIp7LtR |