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Music | | Dutch term or phrase: gestemd in een interval van een kwart of een kwint | I'm sure this is dead easy for the more musically minded among you. Would it be "authentic" to translate this literally as "tuned in an interval of a fourth or a fifth"? Just slightly concerned that I only get one relevant Google for the phrase "tuned in an interval" and was wondering if I'm missing something.
Text is more African music ditties:
De beide atumpan–trommels, gestemd in een interval van een kwart of een kwint, worden bespeeld met twee hoekige houten stokken. |
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| | tuned TO an interval | Explanation:
Get familiar with this! They’re all tuned to an interval of a fourth. Meaning, the low E bass string is four whole steps to the low A bass string ex. ( e,f,g,a,)-(1,2,3,4,).
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A few more references:
The erhu is tuned to an interval of a fifth, the inside string (nearest to player) is tuned to D and outside to A. This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu
Topshur: two-stringed instrument, carved from pine and covered with leather, using strings made from horse-tails and tuned to an interval of a fourth
http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/MU/MUS/Music_of_Altai
Sure, since the G and B strings are tuned to an interval of a third. How about fifths and sixths? Well, I can actually use my guitar to demonstrate any interval. Pick a string. Pick a fret. If you can't sound it out, write it out
http://www.guitarnoise.com/print_article.php?id=7 |
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| Grading comment Ha, I'd tried searching with various prepositions but must have overlooked to. Thanks for putting me straight!
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16 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 tuned TO an interval
Explanation:
Get familiar with this! They’re all tuned to an interval of a fourth. Meaning, the low E bass string is four whole steps to the low A bass string ex. ( e,f,g,a,)-(1,2,3,4,).
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Note added at 42 mins (2006-01-18 07:36:39 GMT)
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A few more references:
The erhu is tuned to an interval of a fifth, the inside string (nearest to player) is tuned to D and outside to A. This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu
Topshur: two-stringed instrument, carved from pine and covered with leather, using strings made from horse-tails and tuned to an interval of a fourth
http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/MU/MUS/Music_of_Altai
Sure, since the G and B strings are tuned to an interval of a third. How about fifths and sixths? Well, I can actually use my guitar to demonstrate any interval. Pick a string. Pick a fret. If you can't sound it out, write it out
http://www.guitarnoise.com/print_article.php?id=7
Reference: http://www.webspawner.com/users/ghost43/
| Johan Venter
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| | Grading comment | Ha, I'd tried searching with various prepositions but must have overlooked to. Thanks for putting me straight! |
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