gotta explain the technobabble.
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Sameā¦
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And that particular instrument is not in great shape. This one sounds much better.
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More likely design differences. There is very little uniformity in clavichord design between different makers and periods. The violin Preludio is being played on a fretted instrument of limited compass (3-1/2 octaves? I canāt get a clear count) built after a 17th century makerās design. Whitney is playing a 5-octave unfretted Sperrhake Revival instrument, which is loosely based on 18th century historical models.
That transcription is rare in a way - not all Bach pieces can be played on a fretted instrument. Fretted instruments double up black key and white key notes on a single string (i.e., more than one tangent per string), so they are really suited for music that doesnāt depart very far from C major (16th-17th century). Bach has no compunction about using very sharp dissonances in distant keys, so there is always a possibility that a fretted instrument might not be able to provide all the notes of an important chord.
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For those who are interested, a ādead endā in keyboards, but a fascinating sound nonetheless.
(Schobert was a bit of a revelation as well.)
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Starts on the 19th.
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This might be of interest:
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How to respond to an extortion racket:
Hackers: āPay us money or we go public!ā
Radiohead āā¦How about we go public first and use it to solicit funds to help save the planet?ā
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How to extinguish tear gas (is that just water?)
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https://www.pozible.com/project/helping-hands
Looks like a fascinating play. Iām worried about compatibility or other accessibility issues with the final website, with only 10 days to sort things out.
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I went to high school with a POC guy who did wear blue contacts as a statement about racism and history. He also dyed his hair red for the same reasons.
Anyone foolish enough to tell him to enjoy his āblessingsā and āgo naturalā was in for a very long (interesting! But long) lecture about slavery, racism as an artificial construct, and unconscious bias.
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I thought her whole presentation was well done. I liked hearing about how she was treated differently, how her mother was treated, the genetic background on it, and then also just watching her make that makeup work when it was going SO bad there for a while.
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When she was done, I realized ā dang, this is a lot like oil painting! It looks like hell until the point that it doesnāt.
Objectively, even without blue eyes, this woman really lucked out in the crap shoot of genes. Such wonderful facial features regardless.
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The most shocking part for me was she did her foundation after her eye makeup! Iāve never seen anyone do that before.
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It goes to show how ridiculously caught up in physical appearance we are as a society. Also how much of it is pseudo-science babble held over from the 19th century.
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Iām so used to seeing white guys, thatās quite a shock.
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