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Calliope
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Date: Nov 6, 2009
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Awesome!
It is too bad your husband does not like the sound of the flute... My dad doesn't either. He's been around flute players his whole life.
I do not know if my sense of pitch is good enough to call it perfect pitch, but I have great relative pitch. I can always hear an A or a Bb in my head and I judge other pitches based on the interval between. It's something I practice at random, so perhaps I will be able to say confidently that I have perfect pitch. For example, I will be in a room and hear the Air conditioner, someone's cell phone, a beep, etc. I will relate it back to A or Bb and determine what it is.
I also love Alto and Bass flutes. More Alto than Bass though... Bass is big and heavy and I am small. I borrow my professor's alto often though. Do you have any good recommendations for unaccompanied alto flute solos? I'd like to play alto in one of the recitals here. I play it for little flute quartets for gigs and dinners and what not here, but I want to do something a little more serious on my own with it.
We didn't have music theory in high school, but I was just interested in it... So I started reading up on my own and using sites like Dolmetsch and GoodEar. I'm very much into jazz improv too, so I wanted to know more in depth jazz theory and how to use the less common modes. I'd love to be able to realize figured bass on piano one day- but I'm not that good at piano yet... I think it would be cool to start an early music club here and put together a baroque Basso Continuo ensemble.
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Lostfiniel
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Date: Nov 6, 2009
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| It is too bad your husband does not like the sound of the flute... My dad doesn't either. He's been around flute players his whole life. Yeah, my husband is also a musician, a tuba player. His band had notoriously out of tune flute and oboe players and I think it permanently damaged him.  I do not know if my sense of pitch is good enough to call it perfect pitch, but I have great relative pitch. I can always hear an A or a Bb in my head and I judge other pitches based on the interval between. It's something I practice at random, so perhaps I will be able to say confidently that I have perfect pitch. For example, I will be in a room and hear the Air conditioner, someone's cell phone, a beep, etc. I will relate it back to A or Bb and determine what it is. Relative pitch is still pretty handy. I once had a flute solo that opened on g, so I can sometimes hear that....but not always. My sense of pitch isn't strong enough to be able to hear the pitch in non-musical instruments though. Four of the ten people in our Music Theory class had perfect pitch and the rest of us were pretty jealous. One aspect of the class is to listen to a selection of music and notate it without having ever viewed it. Instead of needing to listen to the distance between pitches they would just hear each pitch. Do you have any good recommendations for unaccompanied alto flute solos? I'd like to play alto in one of the recitals here. I play it for little flute quartets for gigs and dinners and what not here, but I want to do something a little more serious on my own with it.
I wish I did. Like you, I know of alto parts for flute ensembles. My only performance of it was a solo part in a wind ensemble piece called Inchon (Which, btw, is a GREAT piece of music, especially for a high school wind ensemble.) Alto was my favorite besides flute and piccolo. Have you ever seen the contrabass flutes and such??  We didn't have music theory in high school, but I was just interested in it... So I started reading up on my own and using sites like Dolmetsch and GoodEar. I'm very much into jazz improv too, so I wanted to know more in depth jazz theory and how to use the less common modes. I'd love to be able to realize figured bass on piano one day- but I'm not that good at piano yet... I think it would be cool to start an early music club here and put together a baroque Basso Continuo ensemble. You're above me here as I am horrible at improv and I don't have the spirit for Jazz. Baroque is also one of the classic eras I know least about besides a love of the harpsichord. But, it would be very interesting if anything becomes of it! |
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candiclaus
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Date: Nov 6, 2009
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Oh in England, we use crotchet, minim, quaver, breve, semi-breve and all of those. :)
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Lostfiniel
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Date: Nov 6, 2009
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Oh in England, we use crotchet, minim, quaver, breve, semi-breve and all of those. :)
I'd never heard any of those terms! I always thought musical terms were fairly standards amongst the english speaking nations.
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frank?
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Date: Nov 7, 2009
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I used to play the clarinet from when I was 7 until I was about 13, I never took any examinations in it, and although I haven't touched it in 5 years I'm sure I could still whack out a few songs on it. Luckily I can still read music, and I've pottered about on the guitar a bit, but I really need a teacher because I'm shit at teaching myself...and I know a littttttle bit of keyboard, but nothing miraculous.
I'd love to learn guitar, I WANNA BE IN A BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!
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Calliope
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| Lostfiniel wrote:
Yeah, my husband is also a musician, a tuba player. His band had notoriously out of tune flute and oboe players and I think it permanently damaged him.
Have you ever seen the contrabass flutes and such??
Haha- Funny, I am in terribly in love with a composition student/ Euphonium player who is not too crazy about the flute either... He is known affectionately around Mooky as "Euphonium". He respects the flute, but finds it and piccolo to be very annoying. And yes! I have played contrabass and varieties of subcontrabass flutes at various flute conventions that I have been to! I'm not too keen on playing them myself (hard to manage) but they look and sound incredible! The case is, if there is a flute for any occasion, I have most likely seen, heard and played it. I have a collection of ethnic flutes too. I'm working on getting a set of bass pan pipes :D
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Lostfiniel
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| Calliope, at least based on music, you remind me a lot of myself 5 years ago! It's good to know there are other crazy flutists out there. Most of the flute players I knew were either snobby or played flute because they thought it was cute. They never really undertsood just how awesome flute is. Have you ever tried composing music of your own? I only dabbled in it outside of msuci theory class. All of my compostitions were for flute. I had one I loved which was "Variations and Themes on Pop Goes The Weasel for two flutes and a clarinet" It had an awesome chase sequence were the first flute and clarinet played the main theme (signifying the weasel and the monkey respectively) and the second flute played a chromatic-based line signifying the "round and round" motion they took around the mulberry bush. I had waaaay too much fun with it  |
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Calliope
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^ I agree! No one seems to realize how completely awesome the flute is. We are the minstrels of a new age! They need to embrace the possibilities! Like James Galway, Ian Anderson and Greg Pattillo!
I compose a little, but I am never happy with anything but my melodies. I always think my use of harmony is too bland. My room mate is the only one who has ever heard any of my full compositions. Melody is what I am best at. I am good at writing little ear-pulling hooks and motifs... I usually end up just writing some roman numerals/ pop symbols on my scores... I basically write lead sheets most of the time. I'm so lazy about good harmony... Sometimes I will determine a chord progression first, then compose a melody from that- but the melodies are never as memorable as the ones I wake up to/ pull out of nowhere.
Currently though, I am working on a score for a small "ensemble" that is going to be set to a short film that our cinematography society is producing. It will be for a variety of flutes and piano. I will write, play, record and produce all of the music myself. Since it will be a one girl session endeavor I will be recording each track separately and then editing them together. It will be the first written piece of mine to be heard by the public.
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Spiggy
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^ Calliope, that sounds ever so exciting! I'd love to hear the track once it's recorded and edited. SQUEEEE! :D
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zombiecake
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Date: Nov 16, 2009
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i play bass, mostly self taught. can't read music, i just play by ear. i was in an all girl punk/goth band for awhile last year, but we had trouble keeping a drummer and then scheduling conflicts caused us to pretty much stop playing together. we're hoping to be able to again at some point but i don't know when. i still play at home when i have free time but i haven't written anything in awhile.
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PennyRiot
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Date: Nov 29, 2009
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I've played piano for a long time, and just a few years ago started teaching myself guitar. I kinda-sorta play drums, but not officially.....I've been singing forever, and I love to write songs (although I rarely show them to people because I think they're not very good).
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squishybird
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I LOVE the Heart Asks Pleasure first, it's one of the more beautiful songs :)
I play the piano too, and the synth, and vibe, but I love synth the most.
I also like to write music.
-- Edited by squishybird on Sunday 6th of December 2009 06:32:35 PM
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Sticks
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| I play accordion, trombone and piano. I was given a trombone at high school, I wanted something smaller and a bit more delicate (like a flute!) but there were no trombones in the wind band, I was not amused! However, 10 years later, me and Rosie the tromone are great friends :D I also love the music and joined a brass band when I was 14.
I started playing the accordion when I was 5, so 17 years ago, and I just adore it, the instrument and the whole Scottish music scene is a huge part of my life. Like a few others have mentioned, it's not just the music I love, it's actually reading the music, and physically playing the instrument. I have a very poor ear, so totally rely on 'the dots', but luckily I enjoy reading musc, and can sight-read perfectly when playing the accordion (i'm a bit crap at the trombone, but never mind, eh)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiALP_tD0tY - me playing a tune I wrote a few years ago, if anyone's interested |
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| Sticks, your tune is awesome! I love the accordian when it's played well 
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jenny-dalle
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I play bass guitar and a tiny bit of electric guitar. I've been in quite a few bands but I'm having a break from that for a bit and just playing for myself :)
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LibertyBelle
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I play guitar - not brilliantly - but I'm alright :)
I want to go and play at an open mic night at a pub, I'm apparently a good singer but I don't want to come across as up my own, especially if i'm not that great. Its frustrating not being able to tell if you really are any good or not.
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Jack Von Scholtzy
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I currently play drums, guitar, and sing, but in the past I've played flute, piano, and violin. I've been playing some sort of instrument since I was in fourth grade.
Currently I'm in an African Drum weekly jam session, and I might be singing with a friend or two at an open mic night at a cafe soon. I'm definitely not good enough on guitar yet to perform, but I write some of my own songs for it.
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ladyjulianne
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I play piano/keyboard (Guildhall grade 6), descant (ABRSM grade 2) and tenor recorder and sing, but not really ever in front of anyone.
I love music theory (ABRSM grade 5), some of it is so illogical but hey, it works.
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Calliope
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Music theory seems perfectly logical to me ^
I'm in my last semester of it... Then I go into orchestration and arranging :)
I make digital music as well... and yes, it DOES require a lot of musicianship, contrary to opinions expressed here and there :)
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Doxy
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I loathe music theory. I took afterschool classes in it for three years and failed my Grade 5. I still can't read music, which I could get away with at GCSE (got an A!) but couldn't at A-Level (where I got an E). That was pretty hard to deal with as I always planned to go to music college, but I know deep down I'll never be able to.
I started playing the electronic keyboard when I was 11, and this formed my love of the piano. I started teaching myself the guitar when I was 13 (with my beloved beaten-up acoustic bought second hand from a Sue Ryder Care charity shop). When I was about 15 my music teacher heard me sing for the first time and it was then on we decided I should focus on my vocals. I joined the choir and a few bands (none of which lasted particularly long). My final recital was based on the music Carousel and the Belle and Sebastian song 'Is It Wicked Not To Care'.
I'm still carrying on with the music - after losing so much faith in myself from my A-Level (slightly soul destroying bearing in mind the hell I went through during sixth form just to write out the melody I wanted) my boyfriend set me a challenge: for his birthday in April, I have to record him an album. Ten tracks of Doxy joy. I've been working really hard on it and have five tracks recorded and mixed, and another one I'm going to start recording when I get home from work tonight. I'm starting to re-gain my confidence and feel inspired again.
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