Canyon de Chelly, Wedding Piece

[djimtio]

Hi MG
There are more things between heaven and earth..............
and also some magic in alll kinds of music.It might as well started raining while you were playing at the Canyon de Chelly.
BTW, do you happen to know what have become of the marriage ,) ?
Keep the magic coming !
Regards
Djim

[mgj32]

HI Djim,

Yes, we've kept in touch. The groom taught Math for the Univ of New Mexico, and is now retired; his wife was a hospital lab technician. They had four kids, three of whom have graduated from college, I believe, and two of whom are employed, but I forget what their fields are.

That eagle may have come to bring them good luck.

all best,
mgj

[djimtio]

Hi MG
Perhaps there is a lesson in this for us all,that no matter how busy we are,we should take a (quick) look at the sky above from time to time,because there´s where the magic comes from,after all.
Let us have a drink to this happy family !
Regards

Djim

[mgj32]

Hi Djim,

Good advice. 30-some years ago Mark and I had many drinks together, usually during long discussions, not about "shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings, or why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings," but I'm sure we covered a lot of that, but more often, since we were department chairs, academic matters, or his ideas about Math as language, or why he believed Baroque or Classical music was the only music worth spending time listening to. But mostly we speculated a lot about those "more things in heaven and earth," that Horatio, for all his philosophical knowledge, ever even dreamt about.

So I will have that drink (iced green tea, these days) to Mark and family, and another to the good old days.

all best,
mgj

[Sherry C]

Howdy,

I ran across this page (again) that is very helpful in showing the "normal" range of a number of instruments. Of course it's for standard tunings of string intruments (including guitars) and thus won't account for some of the weird and wonderful things that folks can do with them. But it's quite useful nonetheless.

http://solomonsmusic.net/insrange.htm

Enjoy!
Sherry

[mgj32]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Howdy,

I ran across this page (again) that is very helpful in showing the "normal" range of a number of instruments. Of course it's for standard tunings of string intruments (including guitars) and thus won't account for some of the weird and wonderful things that folks can do with them. But it's quite useful nonetheless.

http://solomonsmusic.net/insrange.htm

Enjoy!
Sherry

Hi Sherry,
Very helpful. This is the first one of these I've seen, on line or in a book, that shows voices, timpani, guitar, etc., as well as the complete orchestra. You're right about the fact that these lists don't take the individual into consideration. Bonnie Jo Hunt (coloratura) could hit and sustain A6 (IPN), at least the last time I heard her sing operatically, when she would have been in her late 40s. I have seen only one list that even mentions that great individual variation is possible--I think it used trumpet and voice as examples. I was a little nonplussed by the given banjo range I am going to have to re-write a lot of portions of the oratorio, unless I can re-verify that there is a banjo with an extra half string used for quite high notes. But with the soundclick 10mb limit, a lot is underorchestrated, anyhow, and that shouldn't be too difficult except for handling an often repeated figure which features Bb 4 and almost has to remain there so other parts aren't adversely affected.

BTWm Section VII, Weariness, of the oratorio will get to SC, probably tomorrow evening sometime, as well as to the forum.

Thanks again for the URL,
all best,
mgj

[rrayner]

Hi MG,

I've just listened to this piece. A very nice small ensemble sound. I could easily picture the canyon setting and the peaceful nature of open spaces. Thanks.

Ralph