On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:39:15 -0800 Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
writes:
> --- Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
> > Thanks! I don't know anything about music
> > theory, but unfortunately the
> > Rokbeigalm are at a bit too low of a
> > technological level to have brass
> > instruments :) .
> What level are they at?
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They haven't figured out metals yet. Although they can certainly do what
you describe below!
> > As i said (sort of) on
> > Conculture, if there were to be
> > any musical accompaniment it would probably
> > have to be drums,
> > conch-shells, animal horns, and/or wooden
> > flutes of various kinds.
>
> That's more than enough. Take a long wood tube
> with a slight flare in the bore at the distal
> end; hollow out a cup at the near end and lightly
> rub in some wax. Voi là, instant brass
> accompaniment! That's your basic didgeridu. Keep
> the length down to about two feet and drill some
> holes in it for a cornett. If they can steam and
> bend, then cut bore and reglue a piece of wood
> (or else carve an S shaped piece out of a block)
> they'd have a serpent. They may finger like a
> woodwind, but it's the sound production that
> counts.
> Padraic.
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Okay, cool, thanks!
I was under the impression that it's the material the instrument is made
out of that counts. So what is it exactly that separates woodwinds from
brass instruments?
-Stephen (Steg)
"aru."