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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C

From: fdoddy@aol.com
Date: 2009-05-02

Well, nearest I can figure is Bb on a violin is akin to 3rd position on a guitar. Follow me now.  3rd position in ballet places one foot in front of the other, much like the song in Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" when the dentist-to-be elf, Hermey decides to exude some confidence, which he sorely lacks being such a misfit. Since General Electric produced advertisements using characters from this program, it can be assumed there was some sort of contractual arrangement with the elves, particularly the "Tall Elf", who got cut out of a lot of acenes in the original production, but went on to make a career in Vegas doing cabaret.  Sadly, he was found in bed with the the mayor's wife and dissappeared quite suddenly after that.


fritz


-----Original Message-----
From: Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 4:45 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C



Last try!
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=IyP9EYk_ 7ZM

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:37 AM



Bugger! the links don't seem to work, just google Sooty  Sweep and youtube!

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:34 AM



No definitely this
http://www.. youtube.com/ watch?v=IyP9EYk_ 7ZM&feature=related

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Huff Talbot <hufftalbot@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:31 AM



Well this probably won't mean much to you Frank but I can't explain it any other way, it sounds like 3 Sweeps ( as in Sooty and Sweep ) singing in unison, and it's not just my tron,  I can here it in recordings and I don't think it's my ears!. I think Mike mentioned the odd tonal quality of B flat it in a previous post although he didn't describe it in this way.
Mark
PS http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Xn-eQDWm6U4
or perhaps this is a better example
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=3PK7_Ueh9X0&feature=related

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, lsf5275@aol. com <lsf5275@aol. com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol. com <lsf5275@aol. com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mark II violins B flat below middle C
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:20 AM



In a message dated 5/2/2009 2:27:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hufftalbot@yahoo. com writes:
Why does it sound like that? The other b flats have a similar quality to a lesser degree, is it some characteristic of the violin itself?
Mark
 Sound like what?


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