> On 1 May 2018, at 11:00, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> writes: > >>> On 1 May 2018, at 10:34, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >>> >>> Paid performers. Recorder performances are a thing in primary school >>> contexts already. >> >> The recorders used in schools are an idea from Carl Orff, with the >> idea that it is inexpensive. Therefore, one made a modern recorder >> tuning that should be simpler, but without the capacity of the Baroque >> tuning. But, as it turn out, it is a bad instrument to start playing >> when little, because the fingers motoric is not fully developed. So >> that got the recorder a bad reputation instead. >> >>> I remember some performance from secondary school where a pair of >>> prim girls were playing, I think, a duet on soprano recorder (I don't >>> even think an alto was involved) from some booklet, with the >>> intonation to be expected and everybody clapped politely. The >>> proceeded to WHEEEEEEEE blow out their mouthpieces, then played >>> another piece. WHEEEEEEE. And another. WHEEEEEEE. I think they >>> proceeded to murder the whole booklet. WHEEEEEEE. Probably not more >>> than 20 pieces or so. WHEEEEEE. >> >> Give thanks to Carl Orff for that. > > The recorders were merely the weapon. The booklet contained the > ammunition and the idea of a cartridge clip is usually not to empty it > all in one go. > > At any rate, I am sure that Orff is in an afterlife where angelic little > beings are playing recorder to him.
Or devilish little creatures playing the soprano recorders used in schools. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
