Karol Lynch

Banjo or Guitar?? and why are pipes always out of tune??

tommy martin is always out of tune

Beethoven was the deaf one, Mozart died of alcoholism.

The pipes have to be out of tune for them to be in tune.

Out of tune is in the ear of the beholder
Don’t get me started on tempered (or ill-tempered) tunings.
Basically tuning is always a compromise and you can get more or less used to one type or another.
The octaves have to be in tune. If the fifths are in tune then the thirds will be out and vice versa.

bollox

thats what tommy martin said…..Zina, Mike wants the money for his bow….$200 please!!! Cmon Kansas

I’d be really happy if the A on my D chanter were perfect with respect to the Ds. Adds a certain “lived-in-ness” to the sound, dontchaknow.

You can die of alcoholism?

damn damn damn……..

You’ve all forgotten good old Johann Sebastian Bach, who composed his later works when completely blind. He dictated the dots, apparently; just as Mozart did with his final work, the uncompleted Requiem, which he was too ill to write.
And give over! Beethoven went absolutely stone deaf and didn’t hear a note of his later compositions, except in his mind.

Trevor

This thread is heading towards Monty Python’s “Decomposing Composers”. I just know it is!!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002VSS/102-1467684-3830511?v=glance and scroll down to samples…

Jim

you up to no good again darren?