Re: instruments

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@ifi.uio.no>]

Andy writes:
> One flutist went farther, though.  The flutist played the music, then went 
> back and edited out all of the breaths between notes--forming one 
> "superbreath" for the duration of the music.  Now, this is a real instrument, 
> but an unreal performance.  Which is better?  Flute playing with breaths, or 
> flute playing without taking a breath? 

Jeff writes:
> Anybody who's a fan of the Ian Anderson school of flautism (and I know
> there are a number of Tull fans around .gaffa) should have a rather easy
> answer to this one.... ;-)

The breathing noise itself can be an important part of the sound, to
be sure!

The group Altiplano I mentioned earlier, has another approach. They
play among other things these *large* bass flutes (oh the curses of
being a non-native speaker), and it is simply impossible (or so they
tell me) to play anything resembling fast phrases with these. So two
of them play every other note... I wouldn't have noticed the
interleaving if I hadn't seen them in concert. Great stuff!


Kjetil T. 	"With you in my heart - the rhythm divine"

PS. Was anyone else disgusted with the stickers on the new Guns and
Roses albums? "If you're offended by the language, f*ck off and go to
the new age section", or something like that. Maybe I'm reading too
much into it, but I almost felt unwelcome as a Guns'n'Roses fan since
I listen to a lot of newage as well.