Don Quixote

tpter1 · 04-28-2006, 08:48 AM

Manny- I've always wondered this: how are the wind sounds in Don Quixote created? The recording I have is Reiner and CSO. There is this wind sound that does not sound like it could be created by anything normally found on stage in the orchestra. What did Strauss do there?

What did/does your orchestra use? For that matter, what do others use?

Manny Laureano · 04-28-2006, 09:41 AM

Hey, Glenn...

Besides the way he writes for the winds with sixteenth note runs and the ascending horn lines, etc., he uses the old-fashioned wind machine! It's a barrel-shaped device except that its mostly a skeleton version with a sheet of canvas tightly draped over it. There's a crank that rotates said skeleton barrel under the canvas and it creates the whooshing sound you hear.

Cool, no?

Solar Bell · 04-28-2006, 09:43 AM

Percussionists have all the fun!

-cw-

tpter1 · 04-28-2006, 05:13 PM

Very cool, yes. I could imagine that percussionists must have a bit of a go at one another before they decide who gets to do that! Thanks for straightening that one out for me.

Derek Reaban · 04-28-2006, 05:19 PM

Glenn,

An Alpine Symphony has the wind machine too. I had a friend in the percussion section when the Phoenix Symphony did this quite a few years ago. Man, talk about a workout. I got tired just watching him make every crescendo.

Jimi Michiel · 04-28-2006, 05:24 PM

There's also a wind machine on Daphnis et Chloe, isn't there?

wiseone2 · 04-28-2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek Reaban

Glenn,

An Alpine Symphony has the wind machine too. I had a friend in the percussion section when the Phoenix Symphony did this quite a few years ago. Man, talk about a workout. I got tired just watching him make every crescendo.

Oh, I don't know...........it looks like the drum they draw Bingo numbers out of

Wilmer

Jimi Michiel · 04-28-2006, 05:39 PM

It would be really bad if I were a drummer. There are enough trumpet "toys" to buy... I'd probably go broke in the first ten minutes of being a drummer...

tpter1 · 04-28-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jmichiel

There's also a wind machine on Daphnis et Chloe, isn't there?

Yes...come to think of it there must be. I had a recording of the complete version (it was on cassette and got "eaten"...poor college student had no money to replace it) and now that you mention it I remember it from there.

Draw bingo numbers...so THAT'S what they do back there during all those rests! Must be why I never get percussion parts back!

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tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Brand: Lawler Posts: 2,309	Don Quixote Manny- I've always wondered this: how are the wind sounds in Don Quixote created? The recording I have is Reiner and CSO. There is this wind sound that does not sound like it could be created by anything normally found on stage in the orchestra. What did Strauss do there? What did/does your orchestra use? For that matter, what do others use?
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tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Brand: Lawler Posts: 2,309	Very cool, yes. I could imagine that percussionists must have a bit of a go at one another before they decide who gets to do that! Thanks for straightening that one out for me.
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Derek Reaban Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tempe, Arizona Brand: Monette (MC-61) Posts: 616	Glenn, An Alpine Symphony has the wind machine too. I had a friend in the percussion section when the Phoenix Symphony did this quite a few years ago. Man, talk about a workout. I got tired just watching him make every crescendo.
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Jimi Michiel Forte User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Syracuse/Fort Worth Brand: Monette Posts: 1,671	There's also a wind machine on Daphnis et Chloe, isn't there?
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Manny Laureano Utimate User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 5,989	Hey, Glenn... Besides the way he writes for the winds with sixteenth note runs and the ascending horn lines, etc., he uses the old-fashioned wind machine! It's a barrel-shaped device except that its mostly a skeleton version with a sheet of canvas tightly draped over it. There's a crank that rotates said skeleton barrel under the canvas and it creates the whooshing sound you hear. Cool, no?

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Jimi Michiel Forte User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Syracuse/Fort Worth Brand: Monette Posts: 1,671	It would be really bad if I were a drummer. There are enough trumpet "toys" to buy... I'd probably go broke in the first ten minutes of being a drummer...
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