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Re: Ear Training
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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 21:39:51 -0400
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Mimi Ezust wrote:

>On stringed instruments there is more resonance if the key chosen contains
>open strings.  The most resonant would be key of C FOR Cello, key of D for
>violin.

I wonder why.  As I recall, on the violin, the D string is neither the
highest not the lowest.  Apparently some other property must govern
intensity of resonance.

Walter Meyer

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