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I'm reluctant to abuse post-processing on this sweet piece, but it was just too nice.
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Xylophone or ngelenge is a traditional xylophone made from hard woods.
When struck with two sticks, it produces different notes depending on the part that was struck.
20th July 2023 at Cecil Sharp House (Kennedy Hall), London NW1 (Catrin Finch & Cimarron gig).
The Bandola Llanera is one of a family of instruments found in Venezuela and Colombia. This one is from Colombia. It is pear shapped and traditionally has seven frets and four nylon or gut strings (there are also 10 and 14-fret versions).
Bandolas Llanera are assigned the number 321.322-6 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://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
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-6 = Strings vibrated by a plectrum.
Played by Pat Frost at Downtown Disney. I didn't hear him play but the YouTube videos are interesting.
12th October 2023 at Brewhouse & Kitchen, London N5.
The Accordion is a bellows driven free reed instrument. From the 1820s onwards several different free reed instruments were invented across Europe (the first to use the name Accordion was patented in Vienna in 1829). They evolved into three main types of instrument: Diatonic, Chromatic and Piano Accordions (as well as Concertinas).
The Diatonic Accordion is operated by pressing buttons or keys which allows air to flow across the reeds (these are strips of brass or steel) which vibrate to produce sound. It is bisonoric (the buttons make one note when the bellows are compressed and another when they are expanded).
The Melodeon is the name used In England for the Diatonic Accordion (though the player may well be using an instrument manufactured in continental Europe and known there as an Accordion). A Melodeon has between 1 and 3 rows of button on the right hand side.
This instrument is a Hohner Erika (not to be confused with the much later Erica). Hohner introduced Club model accordions in the 1930s based on the products of other German companies. The Erika and the related Modell II were developments of the original Club Modell. It has a 21 + 4 buttons and is of a similar shape and design to the Vienna or Pokerwork.
Melodeons are assigned the number 412.132 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.
41 = Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is not contained within the instrument.
412 = Interruptive Free Aerophones. The air-stream is interrupted periodically.
412.1 = Idiophonic Interruptive Aerophones or Reeds. The air-stream is directed against a lamella, setting it in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently.
412.13 = Free Reed Instruments. Instrument features a reed which vibrates within a closely fitting slot.
412.132 = Sets of Free Reads.
Went to see my kids today and found that my son, Paul, has got himself a medieval fiddle. I was not watching when he started to play it and I was surprised to hear what I thought was a sarinda or a sarangi being played. It has that same moaning quality of sound that an Indian folk fiddle has.
Paul is into medievil culture.
My younger brother is a bit of a guitar fanatic and has a pretty respectable collection of all sorts now. He also has an old electro-acoustic which has had it's innards ripped out.
I thought that the hole where the electrics used to be would make for an interesting perspective, to look out through the other side.
Actually taking the shot was a total nightmare. There were the different light sources, focusing on the bit I wanted to stay in focus, not having my tripod with me.
The original shot is adequate at best so I have tried a bit of editing in PSE9. I added a warm filter to the image and used a dark pencil sketch layer. Finally I increased the contrast of the image.
Original image shot at F9 ISO3200 exp. 1/6 with an 18-55mm lens.