Re: [Harp-L] A=432 +-

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Instead of worrying about where A IS, why not just call this pitch something like "A a quarter tone low". Where DO people get this stuff? I mean people are funny.
Just today I was out for a walk and even though it is still 363 days till Christmas, people already have their decorations up. Jeeeez.

smo-joe

On Dec 27, 2014, at 3:57 PM, JON KIP wrote:

> I've heard that approaching playing with Other People with the goal that it's a big part of your role  to make the Other People sound good, is likely the best way to approach group playing. I think I might give that a try next year.
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> It's not always possible, though, and with that now-infamous String Band, it'd be impossible without retuning... You might consider fighting fire with fire and just using an instrument a half step lower, without mentioning it, and tell them that "it's even more authentic and Traditional sounding down here", asking them to lower their pitch......
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> I'm not a string player, but I did have a Ukulele from Sears and Roebuck when I was six, and, as i remember, at a certain point, overly-lowered strings just flop around and don't make any sound at all, which, my dad said, was a blessing.
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> Of the instruments that I own, only the harmonica comes in so many keys, costs so little, and has room for magnets.
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