Hi all-- Charlene and I have a gig next Tues. Ok, ok, it’s not a whistle gig, but any chance to play in public is fun. Our little ensemble will be playing various baroque pieces on diverse instruments in a beautiful old church with terrific acoustics. I plan to at least bring one of my home made wooden whistles to our rehearsal tomorrow to hear what it sounds like ( maybe I can finagle the group to let me play a tune or 2 at the concert).
Tried to get a link for the local newspaper picture, but got a ton of cyber gibberish…
bp,
there is nothing like playing in an old church for thrilling acoustics. Good luck (or if this is too late, hope you had fun)
ps: Baroque music may be tricky on whistle but most renaissance and medieval dances (and some medieval chants) work well on whistle.
On 2001-11-17 20:23, Whistlepeg wrote:
ps: Baroque music may be tricky on whistle but most renaissance and medieval dances (and some medieval chants) work well on whistle.
Out of curiosity and ignorance, why is this so?
Medieval and Renaissance music have less chromatic notes and a smaller range than Baroque music. Much medieval music and some early Renaissance music uses modes rather than major and minor scales, so is very similar to many older Irish/Scots tunes. If you are interested in early dance music, check out Renaissance composers such as Praetorius, Susato, Demantius. The early dance music is very closely related to Irish/Scots dance music as it was actually meant to be danced to. Much of the music of the Baroque era used dance forms such as Gigue, Allemande, Menuet etc., but was for listening to, not dancing to, therefore was more complex, and less “rhythmic” Hope this helps clarify things a bit!
Sue
Here(hopefully) is the address/link to the article on our concert:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1170&Nav_Sec=5713
Played a rehearsal there yesterday, and it was astounding. I brought one of my own Weasel inspired whistles, and ripped off a tune or 2 before we got started, and it sounded terrific.
This church is truly beautiful, with many genuine Tiffany windows . Very inspiring place to play, even for this Jewish whistle/recorder player.
Thank you Sue for the discussion on early music… This clarified things nicely.
you’re welcome!
I attended a contradance in Springfield, NH in’98. I thought it would be tough but to my surprise the choreography was straight out of the Baroque dancing I had done in school in '94. Is it possible that North America has preserved the imported European dance forms, both country and courtly? Just wondering.