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@titchinjp The A/T distinction is a really modern one, but the range suggests Tenor to me since, in the original key, it ends in quite a low place with awkward crossing if the voices aren't equal. Using Cubase + Lexicon Omega. As for "spirit," it's murky water. The Tyndale Bible has the word as "Sprete," which would be what your complaint suggests. However, I was not using period English, but modern English. If I were to do it in period, I'd certainly go with "Sprete"/"Sp'rit." :-)
John, I have to ask, since the effect is so beautiful and unusual, how did you manage to get the voices all to vibrate in exactly the same way when there is a long sustained chord? There is the usual straight tone in the beginning, and then you finish with a perfectly coordinated vibrato across all the parts. The wave patterns are exactly the same.
@Aaron5ash Let me know if you need any help with stylistically interpretive accent markings (if they aren't used to the style). If they, then more power to you!
Check any reputable published version (Oxford for instance) or the manuscripts and it's plain as day that it's been transposed up a fourth for modern usage. It will either state it outright or the initial marking showing original key just to the left of the first measure will show the first chord as C rather than F.
@@coxhere9627 This is neither here nor there. Are you saying "splendid" is solely the realm of SATB, ATTB, or TTBB? If you like this, so be it. If you prefer SATB, so be it. Sometimes words are just a description, not a value judgment. Relax and enjoy more.
just magnificent!
Beautifully done, men.
Molti gruppi vocali vorrebbero avere questo suono...
Forse anche troppo perfetto.
muy bien john,
@titchinjp The A/T distinction is a really modern one, but the range suggests Tenor to me since, in the original key, it ends in quite a low place with awkward crossing if the voices aren't equal.
Using Cubase + Lexicon Omega.
As for "spirit," it's murky water. The Tyndale Bible has the word as "Sprete," which would be what your complaint suggests. However, I was not using period English, but modern English. If I were to do it in period, I'd certainly go with "Sprete"/"Sp'rit." :-)
@titchinjp I'm definitely a fan of the Chapelle du Roi though. I have the complete works of Tallis collection.
John, I have to ask, since the effect is so beautiful and unusual, how did you manage to get the voices all to vibrate in exactly the same way when there is a long sustained chord? There is the usual straight tone in the beginning, and then you finish with a perfectly coordinated vibrato across all the parts. The wave patterns are exactly the same.
David Callahan It's relatively easy when one person is singing all the parts. I just did the same thing on every take.
@Aaron5ash Let me know if you need any help with stylistically interpretive accent markings (if they aren't used to the style). If they, then more power to you!
I'm not disagreeing with you, but why say that this is the original voicing? What is the source of this information?
Check any reputable published version (Oxford for instance) or the manuscripts and it's plain as day that it's been transposed up a fourth for modern usage. It will either state it outright or the initial marking showing original key just to the left of the first measure will show the first chord as C rather than F.
@@ioannium, what difference does it make? They're splendid sounds. Is splendid a "modern" word or from the era of Chaucer?
@@coxhere9627 This is neither here nor there. Are you saying "splendid" is solely the realm of SATB, ATTB, or TTBB? If you like this, so be it. If you prefer SATB, so be it.
Sometimes words are just a description, not a value judgment. Relax and enjoy more.