David

The gu zheng is of the zither family.

I think perhaps the question "Do you think this is a good idea?" is not objective enough. I think it's neither, as I have reservations about it but I wouldn't say it's a bad idea. Similarly, the *idea* could be a good one but the reality could present some potential problems (as already mentioned in this thread). Personally I wouldn't use it - at least at the moment.

The M-Audio MIDI controllers are very good but be careful that you get one that has onboard sounds if that's what you want. If you get just a MIDI controller, then you will need to plug it into a computer or other external sound box in order to get sounds out of it. A Yamaha or Casio (or other...) keyboard will do fine, so long as it has a MIDI output (and input, if you want to control it externally) for you to plug it into the computer. So yes, a standard MIDI keyboard will do the job well. A USB MIDI input/output could be useful...

Perhaps I'll compile it tomorrow. It's only a minor revision, so it's probably not that urgent an upgrade. I don't really subscribe to the 'latest is best' ethos. I'm still on a 2.6.16 kernel on this machine!

Let's now test accidental multiple posting. Edit: Yep, seems to work. I pressed the button about ten times before the topic page loaded with the new reply. Edit2: I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Linux, if that info is useful to know...

Let's test it. :thumbsup: Edit: seems to work!

The correct verb would be to aufzugknal, would it not?

It would be quite easy to make a lock in php which disables requests to post for a limited period of time. Eg. Poster clicks button Check lock file If lock file is still valid, do nothing If lock file is not existant or no longer valid, create (new) lock file (either in memory or on disc) with date and time of post and allow the new post to be created You may know a more efficient way of doing this...

Holst wrote for the Heckelphone rather than the bass oboe (oboe baryton) as the London Symphony Orchestra at the time owned a Heckelphone. It is also believed that Vaughan Williams did likewise. The only potential problems are thus: 1) They wrote for the Heckelphone thinking that it was a bass oboe 2) They didn't know the differences between the two instruments 3) They were told that the Heckelphone was indeed a bass oboe 4) When playing a part that really is for Heckelphone on a bass oboe, you won't hear what the composer intended Anyway, not wanting to overcrowd the topic with barely relevant material I shall stop there! Now to invent this 'super oboe'...

It exists. I don't know if usernames are case sensitive, so just make sure that you are putting in "Magna Carta" exactly. If that doesn't work, then an admin needs to sort it out.

I doubt it makes profit at all, given that running costs of a site are quite high. There is a small income from the advertising to go towards said costs.

Please, please explain your sig.

How can he be talking about Glass? He is talking about contemporary atonal music...

That finale is absolutely amazing. However, the tempo makes a big difference. I assume you know that one of the first publications of the symphony (I think it was the one used in the first American (Bernstein?) performance) had an error. Instead of quaver=188, it printed crotchet=188 which meant that the end (from bar 324, where it finally goes up to the repeated As) was twice as fast as it should have been. I have a few recordings of this: Andre Previn (Andrew Preview!!) takes it very fast indeed but the Russians (the one I listened to was conducted by Rostropovich, but I also have a recording of Mravinsky somewhere...) take it at the slower tempo. Both tempi have their merits, but the slower one has more impact - it really sounds like the so-called 'artists reply to just criticism'.* The end of the symphony is almost mockingly saying "you WILL be happy, you WILL rejoice". Is this not somewhat reminiscent of the regime there at that time? I have played twice in that symphony: both times on contra. What a brilliant piece to play in, especially the solos starting at bars 157 and 181 of the second movement. The latter ends on a bottom Bb. *grin* *That quote has dubious sources.

More music! Shostakovich : Cello concert #2 and Symphony # 5 : 439 481 2 Poulenc : Gloria, Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani, Concerto Champetre : 445 567 2 Gubaidulina : Seven Wrods, Ten Preludes & De profundis : ECM 461 897 2 Weather Report : Heavy Weather : CK 65108 Philip Glass : Music With Changing Parts : 7559 79325 2 More tonight, I hope.