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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2004/07
From: Jennifer I.Paull <info@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Fluid Drams, trade names and scruples
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 03:13:11 -0400
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On Friday, July 2, 2004, at 11:40 pm, Harry Searing wrote:
> And btw, don't feel bad about their terminology - I worked for Boosey
> for 10 years, and had to deal with method and study books that were
> produced in England and used the terms minims, crochets, etc. and I
> could NEVER remember which was which. (Or maybe, being a true ugly
> American, I refused to!)
>
> Harry Searing
>
>
Dear Harry.
Stop that true ugly business right there! :-)
I grew up on all of the British names and have lived amongst the French
ones for so long that I "converted" in my head (I think "Fa di=E8se" =20
instead
of "F sharp"). I made myself teach the American terminology because
my students, being international and a complete mixture, used a
cross-fertilisation of terms. British "Crotchet" (4ter) sounds like the
French "croche" (8th) and everyone was always in a muddle. This was
nothing to do with my being "a true ugly Brit", but simply trying to be
logical. Therefore, I threw away the language and took the figures on
board and everyone was happy.
Anyway, all this is called Solf=E8ge in French and one can understand =
it's
decline as an art. The science of the timing of space between notes is =20=
less
popular than that between planets today.
> So I guess outside of Boosey and Hawkes you're safe with a fanny pack!
No, Kat, you're not! :-) The same way in British English we have =20
pencils and
rubbers and you call them erasers. The Brits usually call a vacuum =20
cleaner
a "Hoover" just as the French call adhesive tape by a brand name too
- Scotch. I understand that wouldn't be a good idea in Australia :-)
> When it all comes down to it though, is if you want to build an =20
> instrument,
> get a chunk of wood and start!
>
> John Peterson
>
John, if ever you make an oboe d'amore, be sure to let me know. I know =20=
just
what magic you weave for oboes!
Happy 4th July to all from an ex -Pat Brit who lives in the Alps!
Jennifer
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minim (MIN-uhm) noun
1. A unit of fluid measure, as: In the United States, 1/60 of a =
fluid
dram (0.0616 milliliters). In Great Britain, 1/20 of a scruple
(0.0592 milliliters).
2. Music. A half note.
3. An insignificantly small portion or thing.
4. A downward vertical stroke in handwriting.
[Middle English, half note, from Medieval Latin minimus, least, from =20
Latin.]
"Streaking the ground with sinuous trace: not all
Minims of nature; some of serpent kind,
Wondrous in length and corpulence, involved
Their snaky folds, and added wings."
Milton, John, Paradise Lost: Seventh Book.
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Jennifer I. Paull, Ph.D.
President
Amoris International
http://www.amoris.com
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