Re: Subject: Re: My Conlanging History (was: Re: Tolkein?)

> > For those who
> > don't know, the recorder sounds
> > similar to a flute (but alot nicer IMNSHO!),
>
> Now I diesagree with that - you can always tell
> (well, at least I have no trouble) the two apart.
> Agree that the recorder sounds nicer.
That's what I meant. There's a vague similarity, but you can tell them
apart from the fact that the recorder sounds alot nicer. I also have a
Baroque Flute, but I don't play it as much as I should.

> > There's also sizes larger
> > than my Tenor which I don't play (Bass,
> > ContraBass, and GreatBass) which
> > are shaped more like bassons.
>
> Ever tried one?
Yep, I do alright on the bass, not sure about the Contra, but I can't play
the Great. It's too heavy, takes too much air, and the holes are too far
apart for me to cover.

> ! I built (from a kit) a great bass rackett. It's
> like, 1 foot tall. ;))) Yet sounds a very nice
> CCC.
It sounds like a racket! :-D Sorry, couldn't resist. Actually, as much Ren.
music as we play at the Recorder Society, you'd think I'd have seen or
heard a rackett by now (although they have been mentioned before). I had to
do a quick google to convince myself that I even knew what a rackett was (I
was right, though).

> Eek! Any pieces for clavichord in that baroque
> corpus?
No, and aside from the Basso Continuo in the background of orchestral
pieces, I only two or three clips of harpsichord music (One's based on the
Goldburg Ground.). I also have a (complete!) Sonatina for piano in the
style of Clementi or Mozart. In general, I try to avoid writing for
keyboard instrumnets, since I don't understand them well enough to do
anything technical (though that never stopped me from composing for
violin!)

Thanks,
~Caleb

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