. Orchestration . z=^p As the Glockenspiel is continually used in the manner shown above,that is to say, in octave-combinations with the Wood-Wind, it may beas well to draw the students attention to an instructive passage in the 1See page 356. THE GLOCKENSPIEL KEYED-HARMONICA 6S Meistersinger. It occurs in the Waltz-tune (Act III.). The samephrase is played three times by the Glockenspiel, but each time witha slightly different arrangement in the Wood-Wind. The accompani-ment, omitted below, is practically the same in all three cases, fourHorns tenuto with pizzicato The student shoul
. Orchestration . z=^p As the Glockenspiel is continually used in the manner shown above,that is to say, in octave-combinations with the Wood-Wind, it may beas well to draw the students attention to an instructive passage in the 1See page 356. THE GLOCKENSPIEL KEYED-HARMONICA 6S Meistersinger. It occurs in the Waltz-tune (Act III.). The samephrase is played three times by the Glockenspiel, but each time witha slightly different arrangement in the Wood-Wind. The accompani-ment, omitted below, is practically the same in all three cases, fourHorns tenuto with pizzicato The student should examinethese three arrangements and then note the difference in performance,especially the difference produced by the high Flute -notes in No. 3. EXAMPLE 24. Wagner. Die Meistersinger. Glockenspiel. 1 Glockenspiel. 2nd Oboe. 2nd Clarinet,(actual sounds) EXAMPLE 25. £= yrrfirfriivrferibg ^m I \> ? 1 « m & U J J JJ J J J J JIJJ J J m Wagner, /forf. fe§ s s s^ ^ if Glockenspiel. 1 Flute. 2 Oboes. EXAMPLE 26. Wagner. Ibid. m t-V- ^m pus u a F- tt &c. iVctfe. A toy instrument, which at one time excited serious atten-tion and speculation, was known as the Harmonica. Originally itconsisted either of circular glass plates in a trough of water, or ofdrinking-glasses partially filled with water. The sound was producedby rubbing the glass with the fingers. The pitch varied according tothe size of the glass plates or the amount of water in the drinking-glasses. This toy developed into the Keyed-Harmonica, an instrument in *In the first Example the Cellos and Basses are arco, and there are two Bassoonsholding notes. The quotations are from pages 471, 473, and 475 of the Full Score. 64 ORCHESTRATION which a series of glass plates was struck by light hammers. A simpli-fied Pianofort
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