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April 19[edit]

UK food show[edit]

What was the name of that shows in the UK where 2/3 people got some food from the store and then traveled the world to see how it was made? tHNKS.Lihaas (talk) 04:49, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be Food Unwrapped on Channel 4? --Canley (talk) 06:59, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

YES! thank you.Lihaas (talk) 14:06, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Am I the only one who initially thought this meant 2 out of 3 people, but didn't understand why a show would only do that for 2 out of 3 people, and only realise on re-reading the question it must mean 2 or 3 people? Nil Einne (talk) 14:38, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Stravinsky[edit]

Why does playing any stravisnky always sound so way better when one's instrument is slightly out of tune? Argonautz (talk) 05:10, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find that it does. If you find that, it may be your ears which are slightly out of tune as well. Wymspen (talk) 09:23, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

De gustibus non est disputandum is the only way to answer this question for you. --Jayron 32 12:22, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The OP might enjoy Florence Foster Jenkins. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:20, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Having heard them in tune so much that this sound has become "repetitive and boring" might make a slightly out of tune instrument sound "new and refreshing". This is similar to the concept of the beauty mark, a minor flaw which makes an otherwise "boring" look unique. StuRat (talk) 14:49, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In music, this is called tension broadly. Something (a note from a chord or scale, a beat in a regular rhythm, etc.) is missing or off, and the brain notices and anticipates or expects the "off" part to be fixed, which is music is called resolution. Music theory 101 is all about generating tension so that one can later generate resolution. --Jayron 32 18:34, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, we don't know "which instrument" you play Argonautz, so no one can really, fully comment; and secondly: because of this: it's safe to say this is a clever musical witticism meant to pass as a joke. Since the only "solo" instrument Uncle Igor ever wrote for was piano (which strings could be "out of tune" with themselves); but a solo instrument rehearsing their part from an orchestral work couldn't be "out of tune" with itself. So by your question: "when one's instrument is slightly out of tune" implies various instruments across the board ... hence: a joke. Good one. Maineartists (talk) 19:36, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Minor nitpick, but "Uncle Igor" did in fact compose an Elegy for Solo Viola for Germain Prévost (founding member of the Pro Arte Quartet) in 1944. See also our article on Élégie. Personally, I don't think it would sound better played on a viola slightly out of tune. ---Sluzzelin talk 23:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am quite in earnest, and sorry I should have said violin. Some of his chordal arrangements (particularly in Orpheus I think) sound false unless on occasion one is out of tune in the right way, when they become sublime. Try it. Argonautz (talk) 23:36, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to intonation, as in choosing (whether intuitively or consciously) where to use, say, just intonation and where not? This is a certainly a "thing" among string players (which I am not), but I don't think Stravinsky's work can be singled out here. See for example this discussion at violinst.com. ---Sluzzelin talk 23:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]