Broken Tuning

Posted by s on Sept. 11, 2008, 5:44 p.m.

Last night I went off with a violin to some bridge near the woods to find a place in this urban land where a man can scream to himself

Sitting down with the piece that had been left to sit for the past years, I went to tune the strings. Half broke, and only the A string would play a note. Bow needed rosin, so I was left to pluck away at a single string

Off to scream to myself, only my breathing and broken violin spoke

Comments

ESA 16 years, 3 months ago

There is a lot to play on one string, just like there is a lot to play on an instrument with many strings with nought but finger picking, ie. the harp and some Turkish instrument who's name escapes me

PY 16 years, 3 months ago

A A A Aaaaa.

ESA 16 years, 3 months ago

Or you could just strum a bassline =)

s 16 years, 3 months ago

Ya, with A comes B C and D. So four notes can do quite a lot, considering you can do so much with two