Re: Wav files and conlang and like pronunciation?

Well, I lied!  I said I was going to go away, and here I am, back
on a wave of obsession and enthusiasm!  I didn't see this post
of And's, and have to respond to it... especially as it speaks to
me!  <GGGGGGG>

And Rosta wrote:

> I excitedly played some of Herman's music to my spouse, assuming she'd
> be as wowed as I was, but she said "Oh God, how horrible! What on
> earth's that! It's a cacophony!"
When I played it in Florida, it was remarked by many to be quite
beautiful.
(That was where I "outed" myself and the list!) <G>

> > He's got sixteen tone scales, I believe, which is what gives his
> > Porcupine Opera such a strange twang.  And the minor quality of his
> > Starling Song is enhanced by a really powerful echo, edited in.  My
> > work is much more consciously European... I hate to say Celtic, but
> > it's an influence!
>
> I definitely agree about the sounding European. i bet you could play
> them to anyone not on this list & they'd be guaranteed to take it
> for authentic folk songs from somewhere in Europe. As for the Celticness,
> Teonaht has a welshy sound, but not so much the music itself, though
> I would only reveal my ignorance were I to venture to identify
> the European home of its closest musical cousin.
Hmmm.  I don't know about Welsh... I have always been disappointed that
there weren't nearly so many Welsh groups doing what Irish groups were
doing: playing traditional Celtic melodies on traditional Celtic
instruments
with lots of open fifths and transitions into the minor key.  I
associate
Welsh music with Rhondda Valley Men's choirs; with Methodist Hymnals;
with
"Men of Harlech" and "Mae'r Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"; with penaethlion
singing--
gads, I can't even remember how to spell it--I've been too long away, I
guess: that singing that is extempore and done to accompaniment.  Are
you
saying my melodies sound like that? <G>  I mean, these are nice, but
they
are *definitely* not my models! :-)  There's something sort of
nineteenth
century and earnest and full-throated about Welsh music that is not...
what I usually aim for.  Especially its adoption of English/continental
melody
patterns and an eschewal of older authentic Celtic patterns.  But, you
know,
Vul Vampin is a bit of a tease... it's supposed to be slightly humorous
and folksy-sounding.  With a little wobble into the minor key at the end
of
each stanza.


> BTW, how did you record the songs. There's one where it sounds like
> you're singing to prerecorded music, and another where there seems
> to be a piano and a violin.
I have two accompanied pieces, both of which I recorded on a cheap
cassette sitting on top of my Kurzweil.  Amo ro hsera is a capella.
Vul Vampin and Tyel al Hea are accompanied by yours truly, the latter
set, I believe, to piano, vibes, and violin.  Simple chords that I
wouldn't screw up on too badly under pressure! <G>

Thanks for asking!  Happy holidays, And.
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