Talk:Scordatura
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That giant picture in the middle of the article is ridiculous. Bottesini 17:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
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Biber example:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Biber_mysterien.jpg/640px-Biber_mysterien.jpg)
Could somebody explain:
- For which instrument this is intended (probably violin, but best to mention that)?;
- Which strings of that instrument have to be tuned differently (up, or down?)?
- Is there any reason known why Biber used scordatura (in this example; and in general?)?
I would be much obliged if such clarifications are inserted in the article!
--Francis Schonken 8 July 2005 12:57 (UTC)
- Violin, depends (for example see article), and mainly programmatic reasons. All this before I run to work. Hyacinth 8 July 2005 20:32 (UTC)
- tx! --Francis Schonken 8 July 2005 22:10 (UTC)
- The notes shown in the example are the tunings of the four strings of the violin used in different movements. The standard tuning is shown in the first example. I heard a performance of several movements of the Biber recently and it was very interesting (and very good music). The different tunings result in different notes being on open strings (which have a more resonant sound) and so many chords sound quite different, at least to an experienced musician.āWahoofive (talk) 18:57, 21 July 2005 (UTC)