By tyler on May 31, 2008 in Bands/Musicians | 0 Comments
“Music for me is proof of the existence of god.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
I just finished watching the musical-DVD “One Giant Leap” and I have to tell you, it was incredible. The segment about sex was most interesting and happiness was really good too.
1 Giant Leap is an incredible fusion of musicians and instruments from around the [...]
By tyler on May 30, 2008 in Aerophones, Recordings | 3 Comments
Oh my goodness, beat that! Flight of the Bumble Bee on the accordion (a free-reed aerophone and also known as a squeeze box!) by Alexander Dmitriev.
By tyler on May 29, 2008 in Bowed Instruments, Performances, Recordings, Traditional | 3 Comments
Here is a traditional Swedish tune, “Polska After Sven Donat,” played with nyckelharpa. Notice the shifting sounds of the keys being pressed.
By tyler on May 28, 2008 in Bowed Instruments, Traditional, Wood | 0 Comments
The nyckelharpa, meaning “key harp,” is a traditional Swedish instrument. The first clues of this instruments existence are from 14th century European relief sculptures. The nyckelharpa is classified as a bowed string instrument. It is played in much of the same way a violinists plays a violin with the exception of [...]
By tyler on May 27, 2008 in Human Instruments | 1 Comment
If you’re like me, you’ve probably made this sound accidentally while you were bored or drawing pictures of laser guns and aliens. This sound has a name, and it isn’t “rotating-space-crystal.”
Overtone singing, also known as throat singing or harmonic singing, is a way of tuning the mouth and vocal cords to match the natural [...]