Talk:Scordatura
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That giant picture in the middle of the article is ridiculous. Bottesini 17:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Biber example:
Could somebody explain:
- For which instrument this is intended (probably violin, but best to mention that)?;
- Which strings of that instrument have to be tuned differently (up, or down?)?
- Is there any reason known why Biber used scordatura (in this example; and in general?)?
I would be much obliged if such clarifications are inserted in the article!
--Francis Schonken 8 July 2005 12:57 (UTC)
- Violin, depends (for example see article), and mainly programmatic reasons. All this before I run to work. Hyacinth 8 July 2005 20:32 (UTC)
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- tx! --Francis Schonken 8 July 2005 22:10 (UTC)
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- The notes shown in the example are the tunings of the four strings of the violin used in different movements. The standard tuning is shown in the first example. I heard a performance of several movements of the Biber recently and it was very interesting (and very good music). The different tunings result in different notes being on open strings (which have a more resonant sound) and so many chords sound quite different, at least to an experienced musician.—Wahoofive (talk) 18:57, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Scordatura in Biber
I was wondering if we should reference Biber in the "examples of scordatura" section? as several folks have pointed out here, Biber uses scordatura in the first of his Rosary Sonatas (and possibly in other ones?). I am, for the record, also opposed to that enormous and silly picture being in the article--it only has very tangential relevance to scordatura.
anyway, in that particular Biber piece, the E is tuned town to a D, i believe.
Interestingly, this was mentioned this week in WGBH's classical music feature...the violinist here (Christina Day Martinson) mentions this in her interview.
it's not a big deal, but i think it would be meaningful to include the Biber reference...are there any objections?
Lesotho 17:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
