bongosnotbombs wrote:If there was a required tuning for congas wouldn't conga rhythms be written to
reflect that as timpani music is? With the tumba written on the G line, conga on C, etc?
bongosnotbombs wrote:I can't think of a single reason why a conga would ever need to be tuned to a certain pitch like G for example.
bongosnotbombs wrote:What happens when the next song is played in a different key?
bongosnotbombs wrote:Those pictures uses the Solfege syllables.
For example as in the photo, indicated in bold.
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si
Good luck with it.
umannyt wrote:bongosnotbombs wrote:Those pictures uses the Solfege syllables.
For example as in the photo, indicated in bold.
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si
Good luck with it.
bongosnotbombs,
No problem translating these into their alphabetical key equivalents: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, etc. (including their corresponding flats and sharps) to a pitch pipe, digital tuner or keyboard.
bongosnotbombs,
First of all, whoever said that there's required tuning for congas? Where in what I wrote did you read that? I made it very specific in my last response to taikonoatama that all the tunings I mentioned are "suggested" (not required) general tunings.
bongosnotbombs wrote:That's assuming a fixed Do. They may be using a movable Do and this be indicating relative pitch.
umannyt wrote:For me, there's no sense making it any more complicated. I'll keep it simple. I'll assume that it's a fixed Do. I have no choice. I'm constrained by my pitch pipe anyway.
bongosnotbombs wrote:A guitar only has to tune 6 strings, this poor guy has to tune 35 lugs!
bongosnotbombs wrote:I guess for those of us that have sat around while the sax adjusts his mouthpiece,
and the guitarist fiddles with his knobs and amp, now we can gave our revenge:
"Hey piano, can I get and "F"? I think my quinto is a little sharp."
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