Ottevanger's Omphaloskeptic Outpost

Luke · January 04, 2011, 09:54:21 AM

Well, apparently the Yorkshire city of Ripon - where my father grew up and where I spent lots of time as a boy - reeled a little from the earthquake it had last night, but that's about as close as I get to any shaking at the moment I'm afraid! I'd wanted to get writing over the Christmas break, but I don't really feel like I had one, and nothing got done!

karlhenning · January 04, 2011, 10:00:11 AM

Oh!

Incidentally, earthquakes (well, a symbol for earthquake, really) featured in my Will Cuppy reading this morning . . . .

karlhenning · January 04, 2011, 10:01:40 AM

Breaks that don't feel like breaks . . . are a nuisance. [All the time off from the day job last year, felt that way.] Which is why I am looking forward to a genuine week off (much of it Out of Town) later this month!

karlhenning · February 10, 2011, 06:45:37 AM

TTT

Guido · February 15, 2011, 05:43:11 AM

why the name change? Are you in composing mode again?

Luke · February 15, 2011, 05:52:04 AM

Hi Guido (and btw, I owe you a PM, I know...)

1) name change just for the reason that others are doing it - because of the logging in hassle and to improve security on my account

2) Composing mode? I wish. Lots of things that tickle my fancy, no time to do them. I really don't know when the time will come again, either. But it's not just a matter of time, it's also that, although I have a general wish to write a few things, my cylinders aren't really sparking at the moment. Which I try to view in a positive light - it means that when composing is flowing easily, then it isn't just me letting any old trash through, it's actually supposed to be coming at that point!

karlhenning · February 18, 2011, 03:52:25 PM

Psst! I've sent e-mail : )

Luke · February 19, 2011, 12:46:23 PM

Replied, after typical Ottevangarian time-lag

karlhenning · February 19, 2011, 01:04:45 PM

Ho capito : )

karlhenning · March 15, 2011, 10:24:39 AM

Quote from: Apollon on February 10, 2011, 06:45:37 AM
TTT

Because I want to ; )

Luke · April 24, 2011, 03:10:10 PM

Quote from: Apollon on March 15, 2011, 10:24:39 AM
Because I want to ; )

Me, over on the Guitar thread:

Quote from: Luke on April 24, 2011, 03:05:34 PM
This thread got me a little fired up today, and seeing as I am having a fairly-happily fallow time compositionally at the moment, I thought I'd try my hand at a little arranging. I've had a very first attempt at guitar writing, and I've gone in at the deep end, with one of my quite complex piano pieces, but one which I think could make a nice guitar piece both stylistically and technically. Which is not to say that my arrangement will work, at all, but that I think an arrangement that worked could be made by someone who knew their way around a guitar.

The piece I've chosen is my sonata movement for piano written in 2007 - links to score and recordings are somewhere or other on my thread, and I'd upload them here if I could. But I'd like to get a guitarist's eye on what I've done so far, before I commit to doing more. I'm aware that some stretches may be tricky, and that some notes won't sustain as I've written them, but it would be good to know which are the worst areas in this respect (and any other respects too). Any other advice also gratefully accepted. Now, where can I post the thing!? I wish attachments were still working, they made life so easy.....!

Cato · April 24, 2011, 03:40:13 PM

Hooray, Luke is back in action!

Which Sonata movement are you referring to?

Luke · April 24, 2011, 03:49:03 PM

This one

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f34c8a56-324e-4363-856b-6dcfaffd0c5f/Sonata

Was doing OK with the standard tuning, but have just decided that tuning the low E down to D will help enormously. It's not used much, but the basses are important when they happen in this piece. Who knows what the experts will say, however!

Cato · April 24, 2011, 04:56:22 PM

Quote from: Luke on April 24, 2011, 03:49:03 PM
This one

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f34c8a56-324e-4363-856b-6dcfaffd0c5f/Sonata

Was doing OK with the standard tuning, but have just decided that tuning the low E down to D will help enormously. It's not used much, but the basses are important when they happen in this piece. Who knows what the experts will say, however!

Scordatura tuning on the guitar is quite possible, so be not afraid of the low D! 0:)

Luke · April 24, 2011, 10:53:55 PM

Quote from: Cato on April 24, 2011, 04:56:22 PM
Scordatura tuning on the guitar is quite possible, so be not afraid of the low D! 0:)

Oh, I know that, I just thought..... for my first attempt?

karlhenning · April 25, 2011, 03:49:49 AM

Quote from: Cato on April 24, 2011, 03:40:13 PM
Hooray, Luke is back in action!

Double hooray!

Quote from: Luke on April 24, 2011, 10:53:55 PM
Oh, I know that, I just thought..... for my first attempt?

Damn the torpedos!

Cato · April 25, 2011, 04:31:35 AM

Quote from: Luke on April 24, 2011, 10:53:55 PM
Oh, I know that, I just thought..... for my first attempt?

Karl is quite right! Full Speed Ahead!

Modesty at times can be a negative attribute in creative personalities!

J.Z. Herrenberg · April 26, 2011, 12:40:16 AM

Quote from: Cato on April 25, 2011, 04:31:35 AM
Modesty at times can be a negative attribute in creative personalities!

Completely true. Hubris helps.

Write on!

ibanezmonster · April 27, 2011, 02:44:48 PM

Quote from: Cato on April 24, 2011, 04:56:22 PM
Scordatura tuning on the guitar is quite possible, so be not afraid of the low D! 0:)

My friend actually used some type of small device which tuned the low E down to D when we were playing a few months ago. I never figured out what it was, though.

karlhenning · May 05, 2011, 04:54:51 AM

Hey, I PM'ed you, and it seems to have gone through, Luke! ; )

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