Klarinet Archive - Posting 000648.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita ContraBass in BFlat
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:05:53 -0400

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Roger Hewitt <rogerclarinet@-----.uk> w=
rote:
> The prefices basically follow the latin sequence, but at first can't seem=
to decide whether they are cardinal or ordinal and whether to be abrreviat=
ed or not. =A0The ending is always -et, but the first few are (as always) o=
ddities:
> 1 solo
> 2 duo or du-
> 3 trio
> 4 quart-
> 5 quint-
> 6 sext-
> 7 sept-
> 8 oct-
> 9 non-
> 10 dec-
> 11 undec-
> 12 dodec-
> 13 tredec-
> 14 quattuordec-
> 15 quin(qua)dec-
> 16 sexdec-
> 17 sept(en)dec-
> 18 octodec-
> 19 novendec- (or novemdec-)
> 20 vigesim-
> 30 trigesim-
>
> and so on. =A0Mahler 8 is a millesimet!

Hmmmm. I see what you mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-Wi1j-rpcEw
There aren't any young men singing in the choir and the orchestra
appears to be all youngsters.

Wouldn't that be a millet? My high school band would have been
something like an octaget
http://phrontistery.info/numbers.html

Alas, the format of the website makes inlining difficult.

Ensemble has the hazard of ending the "argument" (discussion or
conversation for the civilized) and collapsing the wave function...

-Jennifer
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