And now for something completely different... (Page 1/2)
williegoat AUG 01, 08:49 PM
Bella Fleck, Chris Thile and Billy Strings

Bella Fleck and Chris Thile are absolute virtuosos at their respective instruments. They go far beyond bluegrass. Each is in a class by himself.
Billy Strings may just be the next Tony Rice, but for now, he is just 28 years old.



Chris Thile and Yo-Yo Ma



Bela Fleck and Zakir Hussain - "Happy Drum Drum Monkey Girl"


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2.5 AUG 02, 03:41 PM





2.5 AUG 02, 04:02 PM


that moment at the end when she returns to reality
williegoat AUG 02, 04:09 PM
Clawhammer on an open back, that's serious oldschool, before bluegrass. I like it.

Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck's wife, is into real old school banjo.



Also, one of my favorite music historians, Rhiannon Giddens
OldGuyinaGT AUG 02, 10:56 PM
For more fine banjo work, for those not already aware, here are a couple of original compositions by Steve Martin (yeah, that Steve Martin):





Apparently not a lot that guy can't do.

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2.5 AUG 03, 04:50 PM
No microphones required for cool sound



Though I did search out the lyrics, lol.
randye AUG 03, 05:54 PM
Something completely different?

OK

THIS is definitely something different.

Here is Yo Yo Ma and Abigail Washburn again, only this time they are performing "Going Home" which is one of the pieces from the movie "The Soong Sisters", (a Chinese movie about 3 sisters in WW2)... I think one of the instruments being played is known as a "Sheng"

The music score for the movie was originally written and performed by one of my favorite "new age" musicians, Kitaro.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymTSOYYYC0

The entire score for the Soong Sisters movie performed by Kitaro is here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...zYuWScTm5F7lXMngOhaD

Then there is this; Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble

Try to count the different instruments and their origin:



https://www.youtube.com/wat...DuymTSOYYYC0&index=4

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williegoat AUG 03, 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by randye:

Try to count the different instruments and their origin:



All bowed strings originated in China, though the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass in that video are of European design.

The Chinese instruments include a Pipa, Dizi and Sheng.

Of middle eastern origin are the Darbuka and Kamancheh. I have a Darbuka very much like the one in the video which was made in Turkey.

The Tabla are of course Indian.

I don't know the name of the end blown flute though that concept is almost as old as mankind itself. Drums are the only instruments that are older than flutes.

The Silkroad Ensemble is a beautiful project that I have been following for years.

My Sitar, Darbuka and Congas:

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randye AUG 03, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

Pipa, Dizi and Sheng.





I think that's the law firm that represented me in an injury claim once.....

The thought ran through my mind as I posted that, if anyone would recognize all those instruments it would definitely be you.

I can somewhat grasp the operation and function of most of the instruments but that Sheng contraption just looks like someone blowing into a very weird wooden and brass teapot.
williegoat AUG 03, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by randye:

I can somewhat grasp the operation and function of most of the instruments but that Sheng contraption just looks like someone blowing into a very weird wooden and brass teapot.


Think of it like a harmonica rolled up into a circle. Each tube has a reed which has a specific resonant frequency, unlike the reed on a clarinet or saxophone, which depends on a pressure wave reflecting back from an open valve at a specific distance.

Wind instruments, like properly tuned racing engines, are all about fluid dynamics.

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