Double-Keyboard Piano

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Krummhorn,

Thanx for posting the Ives *quarter-tone music* - very fascinating!!!:grin::grin::grin:

Cheers,

Corno Dolce
 

NEB

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Hi Krummhorn

Now that is an interesting concept because it makes it possible for every key to be either slightly out of tune or more in tune in a slightly different way, and jazz/blues etc to have something extra a piano tuned to even temperament could not possibly provide.

There are some ver yinteresting harmonic sequences in that. I'm impressed and intruiged. Thanks for the clip.
 

NEB

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Hi CT64 - It's a long established Tradition that when the emperor of Rome says "Fellow Romans" To start a speech he means citizens of the world! Every empire ever since has been the same in that assumption from their leaders so why should the American Empire be any different?

(Now admitedly queen victoria probably addressed her 'subjects' which undoubtedly meant the entire population of the world also!)
 

Krummhorn

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Hi Krummhorn,
Thanx for posting the Ives *quarter-tone music* - very fascinating!!!:grin::grin::grin:
Cheers, Corno Dolce

Hi Krummhorn

Now that is an interesting concept because it makes it possible for every key to be either slightly out of tune or more in tune in a slightly different way, and jazz/blues etc to have something extra a piano tuned to even temperament could not possibly provide.

There are some very interesting harmonic sequences in that. I'm impressed and intruiged. Thanks for the clip.

Corno Dolce & NEB,
Welcome ... on first listen it made my spine wrench ... after a few more times through, I have a greater understanding and can appreciate this venue of music more.

I'm have learned yet again of another classical music venue that I knew nothing about before becoming part of this forum community.
 

NEB

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Hi Krummhorn, my ears pricked up immediately and you need to go some to make that happen. there's something enormously interesting about it (IMO anyway)
 

Krummhorn

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NEB,
Ahah, you must also have the wonderful gift of perfect pitch? Welcome to the club ... Sometimes it is not always the blessing it was intended to be ... and being born with it, it's not something that we can just discard from our lives ... lol ... :crazy:
 

NEB

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Indeed I do Krummhorn. It can have it's problems, like retuning a keyboard or whatever into a different key makes it unplayable for me - I'd rather do the transposition than detune it a tone...
 

Krummhorn

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Same here, NEB ... when lowering a hymn in church I do it mentally and play the transposed notes. Those transposer knob contraptions on organs really throw me for a loop - my mind know what keys I'm playing, but the sound coming from the chambers doesn't match in pitch, then I try to re-adjust my fingers to what I'm hearing and it quickly turns into a complete disaster.
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Once in a blue moon I have used a transposer knob/switch. When using it I have learned to disassociate the keys I'm playing with the pitch I hear or else the disaster is upon me.
 

NEB

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Same here, NEB ... when lowering a hymn in church I do it mentally and play the transposed notes. Those transposer knob contraptions on organs really throw me for a loop - my mind know what keys I'm playing, but the sound coming from the chambers doesn't match in pitch, then I try to re-adjust my fingers to what I'm hearing and it quickly turns into a complete disaster.


Like wise. It blow several fuses if I try. The results are shocking...
 

Daniel Palmer

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Transposer buttons have caused me problems when I've been accompanying various concerts, because I sometimes either forget to transpose or leave it on.

I suppose while they are a convenient feature and are good for emergencies, they can make you lazy (like calculators I suppose!)

Daniel
 

NEB

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Once in a blue moon I have used a transposer knob/switch. When using it I have learned to disassociate the keys I'm playing with the pitch I hear or else the disaster is upon me.

I can't make that disassociating. It just doesn't work - everything in my head complete shorts out...
 

Daniel Palmer

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On the subject of unusual keyboard instruments, I found this site about the 'Great Stalacpipe Organ'.

(just be aware it's hard to miss some of the text amongst the ads!)

There are other strange instruments on there, ranging from the plain strange to the quite ingenious.

Daniel
 

NEB

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Now that really is astonishing. It sounds fantastic too. I'd be worried that hitting these things with a mallet too often or too hard would break the off or cause fatal cracks and they ultimately fall off etc.
 

methodistgirl

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Ever saw a piano with a keyboard like a typewriter or computer keyboard?
I did when I went to Stephen Foster's memorial and museum. I think you
can look it up now I'm not sure because I haven't done that yet either!:eek:
Let me know when you find and I will tell you as well!:grin:
judy tooley
 
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