woodwind fingerings for microtones
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Andrew C. Smith
Jun 23, 2011, 9:56:08 PM6/23/11
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I'm looking for some microtonal fingerings for flute & saxophone (alto), specifically those that have more accurate notation than just vaguely a quarter-tone. Does anyone know of any fingering charts out there that are notated down to the 1/12 tone (Ezra Sims, for example) or just intonation?
I've been looking at Ferneyhough's Unity Capsule score for flute fingerings, which is helpful. But sax is a trickier thing to come by. Thanks,
Andrew
M. Khramov (commator)
Jun 23, 2011, 10:27:03 PM6/23/11
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Dear Andrew,
I know Dr. Donald Bousted, UK has experience with microtonal fingerings for
recorder.
You may try to communicate with him:
Donald Bousted
Director
BestBitsMedia Ltd
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Cowleaze House
39-45 Cowleaze Road
Kingston upon Thames KT2 6DZ
in...@bestbitsmedia.co.uk
www.bestbitsmedia.co.uk
Sincerely, Michael.
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Andrew C. Smith
Jun 24, 2011, 1:18:58 AM6/24/11
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Just an update here, for everyone. This is exactly what I'm looking for: http://www.plainsound.org/pdfs/JustMajorThirds_US-Letter.pdf
I'm actually using the Helmholtz-Ellis notation to notate these pitches, so this sort of thing is great. For anyone who hasn't heard von Schweinitz's music, a bunch of it is online at plainsound.org. Plainsound Symphony is a pretty remarkable example of how you get a full orchestra to play in just intonation.
-Andrew
robert
Jun 24, 2011, 1:54:15 AM6/24/11
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The following link has accurate microtonal fingerings for the flute:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/flute/virtual/main.html
This university department is working on a similar site for a virtual
clarinet and then, possibly, a virtual saxophone.
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http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/flute/virtual/main.html
This university department is working on a similar site for a virtual
clarinet and then, possibly, a virtual saxophone.
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hstraub64
Jun 28, 2011, 7:40:34 AM6/28/11
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On 24 Jun., 03:56, "Andrew C. Smith"
playing on woodwinds, Namely saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, recorder -
not flute, however.
http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtonal+woodwinds
<andrewchristophersm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for some microtonal fingerings for flute & saxophone (alto), specifically those that have more accurate notation than just vaguely a quarter-tone. Does anyone know of any fingering charts out there that are notated down to the 1/12 tone (Ezra Sims, for example) or just intonation?
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> I've been looking at Ferneyhough's Unity Capsule score for flute fingerings, which is helpful. But sax is a trickier thing to come by. Thanks,
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On the xenharmonic wiki, there are several links for microtonal
> I'm looking for some microtonal fingerings for flute & saxophone (alto), specifically those that have more accurate notation than just vaguely a quarter-tone. Does anyone know of any fingering charts out there that are notated down to the 1/12 tone (Ezra Sims, for example) or just intonation?
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> I've been looking at Ferneyhough's Unity Capsule score for flute fingerings, which is helpful. But sax is a trickier thing to come by. Thanks,
>
playing on woodwinds, Namely saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, recorder -
not flute, however.
http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtonal+woodwinds
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