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9th June 2016 at Dingwalls, London NW1.
The Slide is a hollow cylinder which goes round a finger (usually the third or fourth one of the left hand of a right handed musician) and is pressed against the strings of a Guitar. By moving it along the strings continuous transitions in pitch are achieved. The original slides were glass or “bottlenecks”, typically from a Coricidian cold remedy medicine bottle or a wine bottle. Metal slides or steels were also used to play what became known as the Steel Guitar (allegedly after experiments with a knife on Guitar strings). From around the 1970s specially manufactured slides made from both glass and metal were readily available in music shops. In the 1980s ceramic and porcelain ones were also developed.
Party at Flux Factory to celebrate the completion of my 29 homemade instruments in 29 days. Thanks to everyone who came over to make noise!
You can hear some sounds from the event at moonmilk .
FAIRBURN, GA - April 14: The Georgia Renaissance Festival
Spice Traders Music - Justin Williams and his wife, Meghan.
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Suspended Gong
No part of this photograph may be used without the express permission of the creator. © 2009 Carlos de Lagasca.
Harry Partch was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments. He was also one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales. He built custom-made instruments in these tunings on which to play his compositions, and described his theory and practice in his book "Genesis of a Music".
Back in the fall of 2013, I had the opportunity to visit the Partch Studio at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ to take some photos of these fascinating instruments.
27th June 2016 at the Green Note, London NW1 (Mairearad Green gig).
The Keyboard Controller is a device which transmit MIDI data to external sound modules (synthesizers), computer software synthesizers, or a hardware or software sequence via Piano or Synth-style keys. In the last couple of decades Softsynths or computer programmes on a laptop have largely replaced hardware (dedicated) synthesizers whiich have the custom software built-in.
This is a Novation Launchkey Mini, a compact and portable keyboard controller. Novation is a British company.
Keyboard Controllers / Synthesizers are assigned the number 5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
5 = Electrophones. Sound is generated by electrical means.
FAIRBURN, GA - April 14: The Georgia Renaissance Festival
Spice Traders Music - Justin Williams and his wife, Meghan.
©Danielle Boise/Target Audience Magazine