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Posted: 6/30/2007 12:22:39 AM | Now don't laugh ....ukelele .
Check out Jake Shimabukuro on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo
"While my Uke Gently Weeps ? "
He used to set it up with pedals and effects, as well. Now he's back to the purity of acoustic. | |
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Posted: 7/1/2007 5:41:36 PM | i am partial to melotrons myself... love the strings... the choir... flutes... etc. of course people started using these sounds again.... so lovely... and you can get great samples or plug ins so you dont actually have to deal with one of those monsters...
i am also a big fan of vocodrs...
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Posted: 7/3/2007 5:00:04 AM | I love the old Hammond B3 sound with the leslie tone cabinet! You cant beat that!
But to answer your question . ...the sound THEREMIN either the old fashion waving the hand in the AIR or pressure tab style like the one the BEACHBOYS used heheh!! | |
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Posted: 7/3/2007 9:13:41 PM | | I don't know what any of those synth models are - but it reminded me of: The Keytar! | |
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Posted: 9/10/2007 12:48:25 AM | | I have a couple for ya.....Do you remember the A.R.P. Odyssey ....and the Mini Moog | |
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Posted: 9/10/2007 1:11:05 PM | | The early synths aren't so much forgotten they are just absurdly expensive now at this point. I can't even imagine what a real melotron goes for these days. The emulations don't sound quite as good but capture 90% of the sound, cost 10 times less then if your vintage synth breaks you have to find someone who even knows how to fix it still. | |
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Posted: 4/7/2008 7:43:59 AM | javascript:smilie(' ') the gong , as a drummer I've always though about using one. i've seen it played by alot of the british drummers and was trilled by it's ability to capture and reset the audience. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 7:11:11 PM | The Fender Rhodes, The Hammond B-3, and the Vibraphone.
Also the Mellotron - I think that went out in the early 1970's.
It's a shame because those are my favorite sounding instruments.
I don't hear much percussion anymore in modern music. And I'm not sure I'm
hearing real drums anymore either. Everything is sampled. | |
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Posted: 4/9/2008 12:41:06 PM | First of all about half of the so called forgotten instruments mentioned in the last 4 pages of this thread here are used by The Alan Parsons Project.
Now don't laugh ....ukelele .
Check out Jake Shimabukuro on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo
"While my Uke Gently Weeps ? "
He used to set it up with pedals and effects, as well. Now he's back to the purity of acoustic.
Heard it live played by 25 Ukuleles! Minnesota has a Ukulele Orchestra or symphony... they might have dusbanded or downsized now because so many of their members were senior citizens. I haven't seen them in 3 years now but I used to ride a certain bus route regularly with one of its members.
But one of the most magical nights I remember was biking around the lake nearing the bandshell and this quiet music playing. At first I could not even tell if it was some group quietly tuning up or actual playing. This quiet cacophony of sound was so drastically different to the regular nightly music at the bandshell!
When they closed with George Harrisons song I don't think there was a dry eye in the audience. The whole experience, the whole concert was so different... unusually gentle and just a smidge surreal. That was the most relaxing concert I have ever attended.
Thanks for reminding me of that. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 9:37:28 AM | | I think the age you are has a lot to do with what you remember. I have a Hammond A100 with a lot of age on it and a lot of music in it. Used to have the Leslie speakers with a A100, and to me and my ears at that time, it was heavenly music. Banjoes, ukes, and so many instruments are not electronic, and so not used in today's world. I love the sax, makes me want to dance in the moonlight. Yes, you guessed it. I am a very Senior Citizen. | |
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Posted: 4/22/2009 12:17:21 AM | Gaida is still played in the Balkans and Near East in folk music. It really isn't forgotten. Also the lyre has a new following in world music but is much less commonly played since the days of antiquity.
I play a Greek lyra (a type of fiddle) from a region of the world which was known as "Pontos". Pontian Greek music is now becoming very popular among Greek people.
The earliest musical instruments are oddly the most beautiful in sound despite often the crudeness. Perhaps it is their inherent primitiveness, crude look and sound which gives them their allure? | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 11:33:27 PM |
When they closed with George Harrisons song I don't think there was a dry eye in the audience. The whole experience, the whole concert was so different... unusually gentle and just a smidge surreal. That was the most relaxing concert I have ever attended.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
You are welcome.
When I saw McCartney play in Quebec City last year, he actually started off "Something" playing solo on the uke that Harrison had given him as a gift.
It sounded wonderful, and worked perfectly. | |
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Posted: 5/7/2009 3:33:39 PM | Practically everything Harry Partch used to make. In the days before synthesizers, he made instruments that tuned to true temperament. For those that don't know, that requires about 37 notes per octave. Yes, Louise, there is actually a difference between F# and Gb.
Anyways, now with modern digital instruments, those micro tone differences are programmed in automatically so all those extra keys are never needed.
In his house, Harry had a set of stairs tuned to all those microtones. A true oddity he was. | |
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Posted: 5/8/2009 8:50:02 PM | | Glad someone mentioned the keytar. It does not get anymore 80's than that. Now where did I leave my Members Only jacket? | |
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Posted: 5/8/2009 10:40:49 PM | | I use to have a B-3 years ago on the road years ago with two large Leslie cabs but everyone disappeared when it came time to move. I still have the two Leslie cabs (would never let them go) but now I have a Voce V5 emulator running into a CME controller that weighs about 40 lbs. and sounds very close to the B-3 but what really makes the difference are the Leslie cabs. Any organ can sound good plugged into these cabs. | |
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Posted: 6/17/2009 6:50:35 PM | I watched a movie I have that features a song played only by harp, so "uncool" by todays standard of "cool" music, but it sounds majestic. Not to be forgotten.
A few friends I had way back in high school played in a metal band together. I can't remember why but one day they all had kazoos. When "O Canada" played, all on the kazoo they played along to it! Most memorable O Canada Ever!
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Posted: 6/21/2009 5:54:53 AM | | The Mellotron and Theremin - I've been hearing more of them lately. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2009 6:09:54 PM | Beatles fans will remember the sitar and the djembe from their meditation days in India. Australian outbackers might remember the diggerido ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"). And, then there's always the American jaw harp. But I'm kinda old fashioned, I'd like to see the reverb that Les Paul used come back into vogue. . . . . it's probably been digitally duplicated exactly as he did it, but it's no longer popular.....like so many good sounds that have passed into the ether...... | |
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Posted: 6/21/2009 8:35:16 PM | | The old Moog Taurus Bass Pedals? I started using them somewhere around 1976 or 1977. I Still use them and consider them an essential part of my bass gear. As for the fellow who earlier asked about how to mic a herty gerty - Sennheisser (sp?) goes a long way. I've also had interesting results with a contact mic, but you can also us a violin bridge mic IF you EQ it correctly. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2009 12:28:11 PM | | Sorry if anyone's already posted this but how about the sitar? No not the big Indian thing, the one you can hear on I Know What I Like by Genesis and Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2009 4:10:51 AM | If I made an album, I'd be sure to include a glass harmonica. It was invented by Ben Franklin, and it's similar to the water-filled glasses played by Sandra Bullock in the film "Miss Congeniality." Or a theremin.
If you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
Great thread! | |
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Posted: 8/16/2009 5:59:35 AM | | Yeah, I don't hear much harpsichord these days, outside of classical stuff. Not even the keyboard synth imitation... | |
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