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A physical challenge: Hold the camera from the top with the left hand (palm down). Stretch forefinger of left hand over to press shutter without shaking the camera. Try it; it's not easy! I reckon there won't be many pictures of cellos on flickr taken from this perspective. (Taken for the TNC weekly challenge - unusual angles and perspectives.)
Hand made native American Indian flutes made from redwood. Beautiful to look at... more beautiful to hear played (by someone who knows how to play one)!
Seen at the Farmers Market in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
"ART IN LIFE...LIFE IN ART" ~ Scott
10th June 2013 at Red Lion, Isleworth, Middlesex (gig with Derek Nash).
Effects Pedals modify the sound of a musical instrument such as an Electric Guitar by means of changes like distortion, modulation, and feedback. They are often found on the floor on a pedalboard, and are operated with the feet.
The photo shows (left to right) a Marshall Bluesbreaker (which emulates the sound of the combo amplifier of the same name), a DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory, Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler Pedal, an Ernie Ball VP JR (volume pedal), TC Electronic PolyTune (tuner) and a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus (makes sounds of similar timbre and pitch converge as one)
12th August 2012 at National Theatre (Theatre Square), London SE1 (Trans-Siberian March Band gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Soprano Saxophone is usually straight and has a higher pitch than most other members of the Saxophone family (there are Sopranino and Soprillo instruments with higher pitches, but these are much less common).
Some Soprano Saxs are curved and resemble a small Alto.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
12th August 2013 at Red Lion, Isleworth, Middlesex.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Soprano Saxophone is usually straight and has a higher pitch than most other members of the Saxophone family (there are Sopranino and Soprillo instruments with higher pitches, but these are much less common).
The photo shows the mouthpiece of the instrument including the reed
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Marble relief of a maenad and two satyrs [one of which pictured here] in a Dionysiac procession
Roman, about AD 100
From the Villa Quintiliana on the Via Appia, south of Rome
This ecstatic procession features two satyrs and a female follower of Dionysos (Bacchus), god of wine. The satyr and maenad at the front play pipes and a small drum. The other satyr carries a thyrsos, Dionysos' staff, and is accompanied by a panther, recalling the god's exotic origins. The relief was made in the Roman period, but the figures derive from Attic prototypes of the 4th century BC.
Townley Collection
GR 1805.7-3.128 (Sculpture 2193)
25th September 2010 at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London W6.
The Mandolin evolved from the Lute via the Mandore in 17th and 18th century Italy. It became popular in the United States in the mid 19th century, where folowing an instrument produced in 1905 by Orville H. Gibson it adopted a flat back rather than the bowl shaped one. The bodies of modern Mandolins can be either pear shaped or tear drop shaped (i.e. with a scroll carved into the headstock). They also vary in the shape and position of the sound holes which impacts on the sound of the instrument.
Pear shaped Mandolins usually have an oval sound hole (normally on the centre line of the body near the neck). The American Gibson company called this design of Mandolin the A style.
The pear shaped Mandolin of Andy Irvine was specially made for him by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland and is a long scale Mandolin or Mandolin/Mandola hybrid. It is two frets longer than a Mandolin, uses Mandolin stings and is tuned a tone lower than a Mandola.
Mandolins are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
2nd June 2011 at Lauderdale House, London N6.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
It's a dog. Eating from a metal bowl and then fighting with the blankets, he sounds like this.
If you're in NYC and you'd like to meet this or other instruments-of-the-day, check this out.
I'm going to continue with the instrument building, one a week for as long as I can stand it. If you wanna keep up with the noise, bookmark or subscribe to my homepage. Thanks for putting up with the cacophony!
24th September 2020 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Hunting Horn is a type of Natural Horn. It was used by hunters as a means of communication during the hunt, and thus the body of the horn was wound in large coils so that it could be carried on the shoulder and sounded while riding a horse. Tthe bell faced to the rear to keep it from getting in the rider's way. A version of the Hunting Horn, the Trompe de Chasse, was popular with the French royal court.in the 17th century, A development of this instrument, the Cor de Chasse, was introduced into military bands and orchestras at the end of the century.
This instrument was made by William Bull in London in 1699. It issounded in F, and is the earliest known English made example of a horn which is hoop-shaped like those from France rather than straight. Bull is thought to be the earliest English maker to use the term "French Horn" to describe his instruments.
Hunting Horns are assigned the number 423.121.22 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments (
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
423 = Trumpets. The player's vibrating lips set the air in motion.
423.1 = There are no means of changing the pitch apart from the player's lips.
423.12 = Tubular trumpets.
423.121 = End-blown trumpets. The mouth-hole faces the axis of the trumpet.
423.121.2 = End-blown horns. The tube is curved or folded.
423.121.22 = With mouthpiece.
Title: [Dallas Marching Band]
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1911
Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas-Texas Image Collection
Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
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27th October 2013 at London Irish Centre (McNamara Suite), London NW1 (Leitrim Equation 3 gig).
The Bouzouki was introduced to Irish traditional music in the 1960s by Johnny Moynihan, and has since spread across a variety of Anglo-Celtic folk styles. The Irish Bouzouki usually has a wider body and a flat back. It can have 8 or 10 strings. The distinction between the Irish Bouzouki and the Cittern is very blurred. Some base this on the number of strings (the Bouzouki having 8 and the Cittern 10), others the size of the body or the length of the neck.
Dónal Lunny’s playing of instruments, like this one, by the Japanese maker K. Yairi has helped popularise them in the west.
Irish Bouzoukis are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonator’s surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
29th November 2012 at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London W6 (Triúr gig).
The 5 + 5 Fiddle is a development of the Hardanger Fiddle by Norwegian violin maker Salve Hakedal. In 1988 he made an instrument for Vidar Lande with a violin body, plus understrings, bridge and string length like a Hardanger fiddle. It was undecorated, and with violin scroll istead of a dragon. He called this a Setesdalsfele, and there are both 4 and 5 string versions. Dan Trueman saw the instrument and commissioned one with a fatter sound suitable for playing along with violins. This has five strings and is broader and longer than the Setesdalsfele, with the string length is like a violin. This he called a 5 + 5.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh had the instrument in the photo made for him after collaborating with Trueman. He describes it as "the love-child of a Hardanger fiddle and a five-string viola".
Fiddles are assigned the number 321.322-71 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonator’s surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-7 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bowing.
321.322-71 = Instruments where the strings vibrated using a bow.
8th October 2020 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
Launeddas are a Sardinian triple clarinet Three bamboo pipes of cylindrical bore are tied together with cords,with the upper rims adjacent and the pipes fanning out towards the bottom. The smallest pipe (known as the mankossedda) plays the melody, the middle pipe (the mankosa) an accompaniment, Both have five fingerholes. The bass pipe (the tumbu) has no fingerholes and provides a continuous drone note. Circular breathing enables the player sustain the notes without having to stop for breath. Launeddas date back to at least the eighth century and seem to be derived from the Aulos and North African double pipes.
This instrument was made before 1959.
Launeddas are assigned the number 422.221.2 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella.
422.22 = Sets of clarinets;
422.221 = With regular bore.
422.221.2 = With fingerholes.
16th October 2013 at Guy's Hospital (Atrium 3), London SE1 (Flamenco Pasión gig).
The Flamenco Guitar looks very like the Classical Guitar. One difference is that the wood is lighter. It is usually made of Spruce.with Sycamore or Rosewood back and sides. They also have a slightly thinner body. These factors combine to give a more percussive tone. Some instruments have a plastic Golpeador around the soundhole to protect them from aggressive strumming.
The instrument in the photo has golpeadores.
Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
16th December 2012 at National Theatre (Djanogly Concert Pitch), London SE1 (Sugar Kings gig).
Foot Pedals and Beaters seem to have been first used by Trap Drummers for the Bass Drum around the 1890s.
The set up in the photo is being used to play a Cowbell whilst the musician plays Bongos and a Güiro with his hands.
Leo Bates Riggs (15) sitting at a piano and Lester David Riggs (14) standing with a clarinet.
Part of a small collection of Riggs family materials transferred to the Community Archives from the Belleville Public Library in 2014.
12th August 2013 at Red Lion, Isleworth, Middlesex.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
The photo shows the mouthpiece of the instrument including the reed
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Buffalo Center Ladies' Cornet Band. Buffalo Center, Iowa. ca1900.
Thompson Family Collection
Source: State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines
Reproductions and permissions: www.iowaculture.gov/history/research/research-centers/cop...
21st November 2013 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1 (Laura Jurd gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Bass Saxophone is the second deepest member of the Saxophone family. Like the Baritone it is looped near the mouthpiece. Bass Saxes come in different sizes. Some require a wheeled base with a hydraulic height adjustment cylinder. Others are more portable and can be supported with a neck strap, not much different in size to a Bariitone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
Taken at the Musical Mart, Pune.
Date: unknown.
Description: This photograph of the Fort William City Band shows players sitting on a raised platform in a park or field.
Accession No.: 984.1.403
Funerary altar in Pentelic marble found at km 22 on the via Nomentana. On the left side and the left-hand of the front are Muses playing music and dancing. On the right are Aglaurids, Athenian heroic women who produced music simply by walking. End of the 1st century BC. National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo (inv. 125702).
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Cornet differs from a Trumpet in having a conical bore and being shorter. It also has a mellower tone. The instrument developed in France from the Post Horn by the addition of valves in the early 19th century. In Jazz groups Cornets have been mostly replaced by Trumpets, but they are part of the standard instrumentation of British-style Brass Bands.
This instrument was made in 1922 by C.G.Conn in Elkhart, Indiana.
Cornets are assigned the number 423.232 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
423 = Trumpets. The player's vibrating lips set the air in motion.
423.2 = Chromatic Trumpet. The pitch of the instrument can be altered mechanically.
423.23 = Trumpets with Valves. The pitch can be changed by connecting or disconnecting auxiliary lengths of tube.
423.232 = With Semi-Conical Bore.
20th June 2013 at the 100 Club, London W1 (Ken Colyer Legacy New Orleans Jazz Band gig).
The Mute is a device fitted to a musical instrument to alter the timbre and volume. They are most commonly associated with Brass instruments like the trumpet. They can be made from metal or plastic and come in a variety of shapes, including straight and cup
Williams College Department of Music. Donated by Telford Taylor, Class of 1928, in memory of his father, John Bellamy Taylor (1875-1963), who had collected the instruments.
Nice close up of some Fenders, Gibsons, and a few PRS guitars at Roadworthy Guitar & Amp. I like the yellow fender in the bottom/middle of the picture, also the sunburst telecaster to the bottom right of it. A great selection of guitars here.
7th August 2016 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Mbira (or Mbira Dzavadzimu or "voice of the ancestors") is a “Thumb Piano” which has been played by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of over twenty metal strips or tines which are plucked (by both fingers and thumbs). Theses are attached to a wooden board, often with a resonating chamber. Similar instruments with different names have long existed across most of the African continent (apart from the north). For example the Kalimba in South Africa.
This instrument was made in 1988 by Chris Mhlanga in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mbiras are assigned the number 122.1 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column
12 = Plucked Idiophones. Idiophones set in vibration by being plucked.
122 = In the form of a comb. The lamellae are tied to a board or cut out from a board like the teeth of a comb.
122.1 = With laced on lamellae.