| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 9/23/2009 4:19:06 PM | | It's all about breath control. I have some whistles and it takes very little breath, on some notes are tricky and when you change octaves they squeak. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 9/24/2009 11:09:31 AM |
snapington wrote: It's all about breath control. I have some whistles and it takes very little breath, on some notes are tricky and when you change octaves they squeak.
Thanks for the tip! I've noticed that blowing softer on the low D and E (tin whistle) and even mouth position sometimes can make a difference. Last night I went on YouTube and watched some amazing tin whistle players. I'm glad it's a solo instrument because I've always liked playing solos on the electric guitar. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 9/29/2009 1:01:10 AM | 5-string banjo in a slow alternative self-taught style. I never was a big fan of Bluegrass but loved the tone of a banjo since a kid.
However I try to play my banjo more like a guitar, and it's a fact that I actually invented "heavy metal banjo" back in the 90s. I installed humbucker pickups and used guitar electronics such as tube amps, wah pedal etc... Also I had to invent a special mute to make it possible to over-drive the distortion. I still have a few mp3s of the tone, which were converted from tapes made on a cassette deck in the 90's. There were a few more tricks involved, and it took me about 5 years to perfect the hard rock guitar distortion I was seeking out of my Gibson RB250 banjo. But I finally proved my point, that a banjo can indeed be modified to sound very much like a heavy metal guitar. Used to one could google "heavy metal banjo" and find my full story, but I'm not sure it still gets hits or not.
Now I play a slower acoustic style on banjo that is my own sound. It's an old hobby of mine and when I was younger I truly thought I would make it big with my banjo. As far as I got was some air play for my solo instrumentals on an internet radio station and plenty of mp3s for download. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 9/29/2009 5:32:14 PM | | I have played several different instruments in my life, some of them unusual. Probably the most unusual would be the krummhorn when I was in a collegium musicum. The fingerings are similar to a recorder. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/1/2009 6:32:42 PM | I have been teaching myself guitar for about 2+ years.
Recently I bought myself a didgeridoo.
Starting to teach myself this now, I want to get circular breathing down. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/2/2009 10:12:14 AM | | Interesting post, lots of strange stuff out there:) I've been into some unusual instruments, mostly simple hand percussion. I play some congas, bongos, Djembe, jaws harp (monk harp in VN) shekere, rain sticks, tuned blocks and bells and a mean dashboard:) You find most of these at Drum Circles or an impromptu street jam. Fun Stuff, thanks for sharing. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/2/2009 11:18:39 AM | | I play a double neck 8 string non pedal steel guitar. I made my living as a guitarist for years - I'm cutting a classical guitar album now - and took up steel for relaxation. It's more fun than I thought it would be. I currently tune neck one to C6, and neck 2 to E13, although I want to experiment with Emin7 tuning also. I love playing western swing on it - it's a Georgeboards Custom. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/10/2009 2:04:23 PM | I bought a Kalimba (thumb piano) off of Ebay for really cheap, and play that. I was listening to the song Robot Ponies by Laura Barrett, who primarily plays the Kalimba in her songs, and it inspired me to try it for myself.
I'm in a band with a friend of mine and I've tried implementing it on a few of our songs. | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/27/2009 7:03:28 PM | I visited a ren faire about 4 or 5 years ago and there was a harp maker there. After discovering that as a pianist I could easily pick it up I bought a cheaper one off Ebay and took some lessons from a nun that lives about a mile away, then got together $3000 to buy the harp of my dreams - a Lyon and Healy Celtic floor/lever harp called The Shamrock.
I like to play anything from "Whiter Shade of Pale" to Don Mclean's "Starry Starry Night", to a little bit of "Stairway to Heaven". I attached some pick ups inside so I can use an amp if needed. The instrument looks just as beautiful as it sounds, and unlike the piano, it's an instrument that I can literally embrace and hold close to my heart while I'm playing. One poor soul who heard me playing last year at an arts show took a business card and said he would like me to play for his funeral - I didn't have the heart to ask him when that would be.  | |
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| Do you play any unusual musical instruments?
Posted: 10/29/2009 5:51:50 AM | | Oh story of my guitar life is not so long :) so i remember my first day with my beauty :D i just listening SOAD (system of a down) and Iron Maiden.... i heard the songs called Dance of Death... that was and is perfect! i rly love it so another day i try to play Nirvana ..(coz its nice and easy some songs :P ) on my acustic guitar... than after 2 months i buy Fender Stratocaster Squier... and all the time play some songs :) its only second year but i still love it :) and now i want to buy Bassguitar aswell and try it :) | |
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