RE: [MacPerl] MacPerl Banjo interface? (was MacPerl samples)

[Greenblatt & Seay <g-s@navix.net>]

>> Any other suggestions for techniques that might work for
>> other instruments
>> that MacPerl could mimic?
>
>How about an Ocarina Trainer? I've seen quite a few ocarinas that use a
>"binary progression" fingering similar to a trumpet's, but usually with four
>holes spread across two hands.

That would be the European version as opposed to the Latin American version
of the ocarina. I learned 3 songs on it just so I could demonstrate it for
gymnasiums full of school kids.

The diatonic ocarina that I own have also has a thumb hole on the bottom.
The chromatic ocarina I have has 2 thumb holes on the bottom so you can
also play the accidental notes (sharps and flats).

MacPerl would need to detect 5 and possibly 6 key presses at once.

MacPerl would also need to draw graphical representations of both sides of
the ocarina or perhaps a view looking down the nose at the fingers and
thumbs moving up and down.

>There's also a musical instrument called a
>"pipe and tabor." (For you Savoyards in the audience, Phyllis sings about it
>in "Iolanthe.")>There's a pipe and tabor page at
>http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/ijs/pipe-and-tabor.html; the short form is,
>it's a three-holed woodwind instrument (the pipe) combined with a drum (the
>tabor), usually used to provide a tune and a beat for dancing. You could
>have the space bar represent the tabor and the fingers of whichever hand you
>prefer on three appropriate keys to simulate the pipe. You would, however,
>have to simulate overblowing to get more than a fifth out of the pipe.
>


Thanks for the link.

The one handed tabor pipes I've played have two holes on top (to be played
with 2 fingers of the right hand) and one hole on bottom (to be played with
the thumb of the same hand). These 3 holes line up with the bottom 3 holes
of a pennywhistle which are played with the right hand, therefore, tabor
pipes are played with the right hand. They can be bought for around $10.00.

All possible combinations of these 3 keys being covered or uncovered would
have to be detectable.  If the command key to the right of the space bar
was for the thumb, the option key for the first finger, and the control key
for the second finger, then perhaps the amount of air blown could be
determined by which row of keys on the keyboard were typed. The higher
physically the key press is on the keyboard, the more air would be blown,
thus the higher the pitch produced.

An English Morris dance is traditionally accompanied by a single musician
during any one song. The pipe and tabor became popular because they
provided both melody and rhythm from the same musician.

It would be nice if the percussion of the tabor drum (like a large
tamborine without rattles) could be controlled with the left hand, perhaps
with the mouse.

Incidently, there's a picture of me playing a tabor pipe and a penny
whistle at the same time at http://www.mastercall.com/g-s/ds_shows.htm. I
sure I was thinking about MacPerl at the time.

Anyone taking odds on which program, ocarina or tabor pipe, would get the
most downloads?

Thanks for helping me brainstorm.


David Seay



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