Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.11.1512060153230.11890@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Arc.hive@tekspost.no
Subject: Bow Testing and Composition
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 01:57:51 -0500 (EST)
Bow Testing and Composition http://www.alansondheim.org/pdd35.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/bowtest.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/saltandpepper.mp3 bowtest - short violin bow with salt-and-pepper horsehair; standard violin bow with white horsehair; both over a 100 years old; viola and rababa; salt and pepper - salt-and-pepper bow; viola; composition the labor of this musician, testing new hair (salt-and-pepper) on a bow; the black hair is rougher with more byte; it's mixed with white hair which has a smoother, calmer sound (less grit, less highs that can sound almost over-modulated). in bowtest, i switch between bows and instruments, doing some of the worst playing, but listening for the glitches; in saltandpepper, i use the new bowhair on a viola piece that takes advantage of the difference. this is the kind of behind-the-scenes labor that everyone does, tending to the instruments and their potentials. listen at least to the short final piece if you have the time.