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Re: Well, that was... odd.

Author: donald
Date: 2007-03-31 13:36

i once composed a piece for a big competition- while writing in my room i noticed notes ringing on the guitar, so i included this effect in the composition. The score indicated that a guitar (on a stand) was to be placed next to the clarinet player.... certain notes set certain strings ringing at certain places in the score- it worked very effectively.....
..... in my room. When we set up for the dress rehearsal for the first concert (the piece was for Clarinet and tape, with the guitar miked) the guitar didn't "ring". It didn't make any noise at all! The original effect worked acoustically in my room, but not in the larger acoustic space of the performance venue. The PIANO that was on stage DID "ring" however (as long as the pedal was down) and so we miked this instead. The "ring" was now unfortunately not limited to certain notes, but it kind of worked ok.
i won first prize in the competition
but have always been slightly disapointed that this wonderful effect i found in my room was not able to be duplicated in the concert hall
donald

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