Battle of the instruments

[giovannimusica]

Hi gareth,

To perform on the *Czar* of instruments is like nothing else in this world - Do keep on playing piano since it will make you a more proficient organist, should you set your mind to it.

Giovanni

[rojo]

Well, I`m pretty sure all instruments have their fair share of difficulties. I admire anyone who has mastered most any instrument, especially wind, brass and string.

Oh, and of course keyboard instrumentalists...that piece sounds like quite the gymnastics for the organist!

[giovannimusica]

Dear rojo,

I can attest to several other organ works that require even more *gymnastics* on the part of the organist e.g. Finale of Louis Viernes 6th organ symphony - towards the end of that movement your feet are running up and down the pedal keyboard - it's a *wild* piece with jazz chords - Oh, almost forgot - the scherzo movement is a really fiendish number - easy to envision a brigade of imps and gargoyles leaping and flying all over the place. There is a great recording of the *sixth* by Martin Jean. Here is the link if you wish to purchase:

http://store.yahoo.com/ohscatalog/visyco.html

Giovanni

[Gareth]

Thats a good way of putting it there, how would playing on another cleff be notated, just a normal beam that goes up to the other cleff?

[giovannimusica]

Hi gareth,

In Tournemire's music with four clefs you'll have the clefs in this descending order: G-clef, F-clef, G-clef, F-clef.

Hope this helps.

Giovanni

[Gareth]

I meant to say...would the beams be going from one cleff to another like treble sometimes does with bass?

[giovannimusica]

gareth,

If I understand your question correctly, then yes, the beam goes from one clef to another.

Giovanni

[Gareth]

Yeah good, I would think so.....Yeah, organ sounds pretty interesting (and hard not to mention)...gymnasics for the fingers.

[giovannimusica]

Hi gareth,

From your posts I gather you are proficient at the piano - try getting some organ tutelage - you won't regret it

Giovanni

[Gareth]

Yeah, well, my schedule is busy...on Wednesday I was asked to play as the pianist for the school choir, so that would be my activity on Wednesday afternoons as well as tennis...but lets not go for what I do every week.

My music teacher is an organist...he has an organ in the music room at his house (he is a church pianist/organist)...but it isn't in good shape at all, plus...I live in a town that has a population of around 53 000 people, finding an organ teacher would be pretty hard. But I gather it wouldn't be that much harder since I know how to read music on the cleffs, so organ just reading another cleff thats all. Well when I leave school I would look deeper into it.

Gareth.

[Gareth]

Ahh and just found this quote which is very true "The only winner of the 1812 overture was Tchaikovsy"....so true...so true.

[corno]

A little off topic - but if you like the "Overture Sonelle 1812" by Tchaikowsky you might enjoy the vivid performance of the 1712 Overture by PDQ Bach which I can see you've been discussing in another thread. It's typical of the PDQ Bach/Peter Schiekele humour, and though it requires a little knowledge of music and the "classical" repertoire in general to be totally understood, it's, in moderations, actually quite funny.

[Gareth]

I shall look up on it.....I absolutely love Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, I so want to see that performed with the live cannons in it....

I haven't heard of the 1712 overture but it sounds.....interesting....

Gareth.

[corno]

You do that - the CD titled "1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults" could be a way to start, and you can sample some of the tracks here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...nce&n=5174

For more information on PDQ Bach/Peter Schikele you can visit his homepage at:

http://www.schickele.com/
Or through Theodor Presser, his publisher:
http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=PDQBACH
http://www.presser.com/Composers/inf...PETERSCHICKELE

There's also an online shop on his homepage: http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/

[ViolinCyndee]

I think also it depends on the person and what previous experience they have. For instance for me, being a violinist, I would find, say, viola easier to learn than oboe, but my mum plays clarinet and would probably find oboe easier than viola.
And some people may be naturally suited to different instruments aswell.

WAY COOL!! I am also a violinist! What kind of music do you play? Do you teach as well? (I do)

Nice to meet you!

Cyndee