Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-08-19 19:06
I wanted to do some of these duets because I just received a huge load of Music Minus Ones. When I realized these duets are without continuo, I figured it would be interesting to play with flute (MMO CD) and then with myself.
Chances are, this will really test my control over both sound and tuning. So far, I've noticed that the difficulty in playing with the recorded flute (excellent player on the CD), is that their pitch-centers don't seem to work the same way! That is, we can hit a note in tune together, but it doesn't stay in tune even though neither of us has actually changed the pitch... it's something do do with the flute's vibrato that apparently works very differently than mine.
The last time I played with a flutist of equally high calibre, I was not very good with tuning. When I improved, my associations were not as qualified OR our repertoire did not lead to such comparisons.... I figure that if I play in tune with myself, it proves nothing except that I am at least stable and consistent.
This is a very interesting experiment!
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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