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, 11 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, 11 months ago

A A A Aaaaa.

ESA 16 years, 11 months ago

Or you could just strum a bassline =)

s 16 years, 11 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