On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My own intentions are slightly different in that I want to see how far > music that is not normally sung can be sung in 2,3,4 parts. ÂI dont > restrict myself to Gurdjieff music for this -- Bach, Beethoven, early > church is all good in its own way. I think you made a poor choice in music to demonstrate that intention. The chorales by Bach is well-known because of their contrapuntal writing, and it IS sung in 4+ part. Anyway, I just feel that the music you chose is boring. Maybe I just don't like the idea of "utility music", but if you choose to "animate" music, you can choose a better piece surely, say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o > I grew up with Tovey's commentaries on Beethoven sonatas in which > regarding the coda of the Hammerklavier fugue he says -- remember this > is not 2 fists but 3 voices uniting. > My contention is that Beethoven was actually hearing 4 voices and > rendering (poorly) for two fists. That is certainly true of Beethoven piano music, and of all fugues â that each part should strive to be a singable line. But what's the relevance to your intention? -- @chickamade _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
