<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:43 PM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Somebody needs to say that writing music for an instrument one cannot play is likely to be inferior to the music composed by those who can play it. At least some familiarity with the instrument's demands is essential even if one's physical capabilities are limited (like mine!)<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's also true that writing music for an instrument one can't play makes it natural for the composer to compose music that human players can't play due to their physical limitations (not enough fingers, impossible fretting combinations, impossible speed, etc.).<br>
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Spike: did you know that a few centuries ago some stringed instruments had strings that were never bowed nor plucked? They were meant to vibrate in sympathy with the ones that were played. bill<br></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Still pretty common:<br><br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_string">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_string</a><br><br></div><div>-Dave<br><br></div></div></div></div>