I’m also a big fan of alternate tunings. Would it work to tune the C string up to a D? Is there enough time before and after the passage to make the switch smoothly?
I've toyed around with this (as I also enjoy messing around with scordatura), but I feel it's risky putting that much extra tension on the instrument for such a short amount of time--you're likely to knock the rest of the strings out of tune, and the alternate tuning isn't likely to hold pitch for 60 measures. If I went this route, I'd have a second viola on hand tuned differently (which I usually do when playing pieces like Miguel del Aguila's "Submerged" and Sean Calhoun's Sonata, which make extensive use of different tunings), as 9 measures is not quite enough time to tune back to normal, make sure everything else is in tune, and feel comfortable about it (and you do need the open C later in the movement). I think the capo is a much safer option!
@@TaboraMusic That's great! I had thought about having geared pegs installed on my primary viola, but I just never felt comfortable with someone drilling bigger holes in the pegbox of such a valuable instrument. My Luis and Clark viola came with Wittner pegs already installed, but I've had the worst luck with them slipping--I'll eventually take the instrument to a luthier to see if they were just installed improperly or something, but my experience with them hasn't been positive enough to recommend them to others. Glad to hear they have been reliable for you!
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Great share Chris!
thanks for your video!
Cool! Thanks!
I’m also a big fan of alternate tunings. Would it work to tune the C string up to a D? Is there enough time before and after the passage to make the switch smoothly?
I've toyed around with this (as I also enjoy messing around with scordatura), but I feel it's risky putting that much extra tension on the instrument for such a short amount of time--you're likely to knock the rest of the strings out of tune, and the alternate tuning isn't likely to hold pitch for 60 measures. If I went this route, I'd have a second viola on hand tuned differently (which I usually do when playing pieces like Miguel del Aguila's "Submerged" and Sean Calhoun's Sonata, which make extensive use of different tunings), as 9 measures is not quite enough time to tune back to normal, make sure everything else is in tune, and feel comfortable about it (and you do need the open C later in the movement). I think the capo is a much safer option!
This is my favorite thing about using geared pegs, it makes such changes quick and reliable.
@@TaboraMusic That's great! I had thought about having geared pegs installed on my primary viola, but I just never felt comfortable with someone drilling bigger holes in the pegbox of such a valuable instrument. My Luis and Clark viola came with Wittner pegs already installed, but I've had the worst luck with them slipping--I'll eventually take the instrument to a luthier to see if they were just installed improperly or something, but my experience with them hasn't been positive enough to recommend them to others. Glad to hear they have been reliable for you!
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Just make a viola out of a bass extension
My next project