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From: Michael Will
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:35:30 -0700
Subject: Re: Increasing speed on train sound

Hugh Messenger wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Michael Will wrote:
>
> > There are a number of classic articulations for train sounds. One of
> > these is
> >
> > ||: Ta tooka hooka tooka :|| ta tooka he ha.
> >
> > Blow on "hook" and "he". (BTW, ||: :|| means repeat the stuff.)
>
> Hmm, you know what? I wish we had some kind of soundbyte library where we
> could put up snippets of sound, to help illustrate what we are trying to
> get across with the rather limited resource of 7 bit ascii text.
>
> Hey!! I just had this wierd deja vu feeling!

Very subtle. But, the idea of articulation is to sort of speak the
sounds (no vocal cords) while you're playing. So remembering the
articulation pattern of "hooka tooka" for trains is valuable (as well as
hearing what it sounds like).

Okay okay, I'll get my sound card set up and do some recording.....

Featherman