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Thanks, Chris!

I've toyed around with this (as I also enjoy messing around with scordatura), but I feel it's risky putting that much extra tension on the instrument for such a short amount of time--you're likely to knock the rest of the strings out of tune, and the alternate tuning isn't likely to hold pitch for 60 measures. If I went this route, I'd have a second viola on hand tuned differently (which I usually do when playing pieces like Miguel del Aguila's "Submerged" and Sean Calhoun's Sonata, which make extensive use of different tunings), as 9 measures is not quite enough time to tune back to normal, make sure everything else is in tune, and feel comfortable about it (and you do need the open C later in the movement). I think the capo is a much safer option!

This is my favorite thing about using geared pegs, it makes such changes quick and reliable.

@@TaboraMusic That's great! I had thought about having geared pegs installed on my primary viola, but I just never felt comfortable with someone drilling bigger holes in the pegbox of such a valuable instrument. My Luis and Clark viola came with Wittner pegs already installed, but I've had the worst luck with them slipping--I'll eventually take the instrument to a luthier to see if they were just installed improperly or something, but my experience with them hasn't been positive enough to recommend them to others. Glad to hear they have been reliable for you!

My next project

If it's any consolation, I was sitting.

Hopefully in the next month or so! Almost done editing the audio, and then I'll get to work on the video!

Meant to follow up to let you know I finally was able to post the video of "Knock on Wood" about two weeks ago!

Muchas gracias! Creo que necesitas enviar un mensaje al compositor en SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/gerardo_aponte_cupido).

Yeah, but he definitely stole it from Ockeghem first

Thank you for your words!

@@GerardoAponteCupido Gracias a ti por tan bella pieza, de verdad.

Thanks so much! We got the arrangement directly from Joshua through Facebook, so I'd contact him there! The arrangement of course is only written out for two violas--I adapted the percussion parts based on what Mataro played in the original version (and added the cajon to make up for the lack of bass), so they aren't written down.

Thanks so much Rob! Means a lot to hear that from you!

Thanks so much! It's definitely a fun challenge mixing recordings made in different acoustics and with different gear, but I enjoy it and am glad we have the option to do things like this!

Thanks, Michael; high praise coming from you!

Thank you so much, Michael!

Thanks so much, Kim! Great to hear from you, and I hope all is well with you guys!

Less than 500 views? There should be a few zeros after that number!