Traditional acoustic instruments being used to play new electronic instrument songs.
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This is the most beautiful way to end this nights' exploration of YouTube and music as it is now.
Claire de Lune as played on a nylon stringed acoustic guitar.
I was talking before about doing a more flamenco version of this,
and now I can see it might be possible.
Oh what wondrous sounds these six strings can weave!
...uh...uh... I have to admit, what I'm thinking doesn't sound as plinky.
it's semi-solid-body time...
Claire de Lune as played on a nylon stringed acoustic guitar.
I was talking before about doing a more flamenco version of this,
and now I can see it might be possible.
Oh what wondrous sounds these six strings can weave!
...uh...uh... I have to admit, what I'm thinking doesn't sound as plinky.
it's semi-solid-body time...
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I thought my thread building night was over, but I should have known I'd have an encore.
After seeing a California Frankie and Annette beach movie, where Little Stevie Wonder played a song,
when I was in grade three, I started pretending to play and sing a harmonica like he did.
My mother bought me a big Hohner, not a blues harp, wider and with both sides for playing.
I had to sing my own sharps and flats.
With lips too puffy and soft to be able to play a French horn, a big disappointment in school,
I never got into bending notes on a blues harp and I've had some great players trying to show me.
Here's some wonderful playing in my favorite blues key, C minor. That could be C#minor,
but it's not. I leave that key for Beethoven. If he was still around to reply I'd step it up one fret.
After seeing a California Frankie and Annette beach movie, where Little Stevie Wonder played a song,
when I was in grade three, I started pretending to play and sing a harmonica like he did.
My mother bought me a big Hohner, not a blues harp, wider and with both sides for playing.
I had to sing my own sharps and flats.
With lips too puffy and soft to be able to play a French horn, a big disappointment in school,
I never got into bending notes on a blues harp and I've had some great players trying to show me.
Here's some wonderful playing in my favorite blues key, C minor. That could be C#minor,
but it's not. I leave that key for Beethoven. If he was still around to reply I'd step it up one fret.
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Sometimes it's nice to be a son of Sons and Daughters of the Gael,
especially when someone with direct ancestry comes up to identify themselves to me.
This video is produced by Mongols, when I had someone who said they were a Hun show up.
He showed a perfect blue circle, maybe two and a half inches in diameter,
that was at the base of his spine, saying if they intermarried it faded away by the age of thirty.
I'm listening to the first song here and keep hearing "Ghost Riders in The Sky", done traditional western.
Winter is coming, but I'm not going to be out there playing in the snow with my guitar and portable amp.
At least I don't think I will be.
I might have my first middle-aged moment, even if I'm a senior, and confuse the seasons.
That means I'll be laying in a pile of maple leaves making snow angels.
especially when someone with direct ancestry comes up to identify themselves to me.
This video is produced by Mongols, when I had someone who said they were a Hun show up.
He showed a perfect blue circle, maybe two and a half inches in diameter,
that was at the base of his spine, saying if they intermarried it faded away by the age of thirty.
I'm listening to the first song here and keep hearing "Ghost Riders in The Sky", done traditional western.
Winter is coming, but I'm not going to be out there playing in the snow with my guitar and portable amp.
At least I don't think I will be.
I might have my first middle-aged moment, even if I'm a senior, and confuse the seasons.
That means I'll be laying in a pile of maple leaves making snow angels.
John Watt
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This is a very fresh start on this day of a new rising sun, and it's dawning on me as a bass solo.
It's so good to see a virtuoso playing... even if it's a new bass he's just trying out all by his lonesome.
Being a fret-less electric is getting back to being an upright,
and the f-hole on one side can be said to be a styling cue for an acoustic instrument.
The electric bass pickup is definitely electric and the Piezo can be said to be amplifying the acoustic.
Call this a hybrid bass if you want, and if five strings puts it in a different category, I could agree.
I hope you have powered bass computer speakers. You're going to need them.
It's so good to see a virtuoso playing... even if it's a new bass he's just trying out all by his lonesome.
Being a fret-less electric is getting back to being an upright,
and the f-hole on one side can be said to be a styling cue for an acoustic instrument.
The electric bass pickup is definitely electric and the Piezo can be said to be amplifying the acoustic.
Call this a hybrid bass if you want, and if five strings puts it in a different category, I could agree.
I hope you have powered bass computer speakers. You're going to need them.
John Watt
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If we have traditional instruments being used to play modern electronic productions,
we can certainly have cultural musicians playing the instruments of their political oppressors.
How's this for a gig in London, England? I hope they keep it together and afford seats for their audience.
This is very nice music... very nice...
we can certainly have cultural musicians playing the instruments of their political oppressors.
How's this for a gig in London, England? I hope they keep it together and afford seats for their audience.
This is very nice music... very nice...
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This is the Hu band, and I'm assuming Hu stands for Huns,
because when you read the lyrics you can see they talk about Mongols.
These are some of the most impressive lyrics I've seen in a while,
and this is only a translation into English that we're seeing.
Fortunately, no Yamaha equipment is involved.
If you ever get a chance to watch "Mongol: the rise of Ghengis Khan", 2007,
you'll spend more time with this beautiful scenery and nomadic culture.
You'll also hear traditional Mongol singing around the campfire.
because when you read the lyrics you can see they talk about Mongols.
These are some of the most impressive lyrics I've seen in a while,
and this is only a translation into English that we're seeing.
Fortunately, no Yamaha equipment is involved.
If you ever get a chance to watch "Mongol: the rise of Ghengis Khan", 2007,
you'll spend more time with this beautiful scenery and nomadic culture.
You'll also hear traditional Mongol singing around the campfire.
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This is a very heavy return to the thread title, classical instruments used to play electric songs.
Here's a symphonic orchestra from Peru playing a Led Zeppelin song, Kashmir.
I'm saying a very heavy return because even with all those musicians onstage,
they're not as loud as Led Zep used to be and the sound isn't as heavy as pounding your chest,
making your ears ring, and they aren't using electric instruments through a P.A. that's EQ'd for maximum effect.
And obviously, with the smiles and serious looks onstage, they didn't prepare with enough backstage drugs.
I also don't see any bottles of alcohol sitting on the stage.
That's why it's heavy, as heavy as my musical heart can sink,
seeing educated professional symphony players doing a hard rock song,
doing what they think they have to do to bring an audience in.
For one thing, they should have had violins, violas, bassoons and cellos doing the solo,
and even that combination wouldn't compare to the pile-driving sonics Jimmy Page conjured.
Peru! If I ever see descendants of Incas with the wind of the mountains playing through their flutes,
no matter how high their altitude is, even if they're playing a Jimi Hendrix song,
that's it for me on YouTube. It's bending my brain enough as it is.
oh... oh... why am I thinking inca inca do, skiddely ivy too, inca inca do... no... no... don't.
Where are those life-giving waters when you need them?
They say you can't push a piece of paper into the joints of megalithic stone structures in Peru,
but this orchestra is too many sheets of music to the wind... the winds from page turning.
Here's a symphonic orchestra from Peru playing a Led Zeppelin song, Kashmir.
I'm saying a very heavy return because even with all those musicians onstage,
they're not as loud as Led Zep used to be and the sound isn't as heavy as pounding your chest,
making your ears ring, and they aren't using electric instruments through a P.A. that's EQ'd for maximum effect.
And obviously, with the smiles and serious looks onstage, they didn't prepare with enough backstage drugs.
I also don't see any bottles of alcohol sitting on the stage.
That's why it's heavy, as heavy as my musical heart can sink,
seeing educated professional symphony players doing a hard rock song,
doing what they think they have to do to bring an audience in.
For one thing, they should have had violins, violas, bassoons and cellos doing the solo,
and even that combination wouldn't compare to the pile-driving sonics Jimmy Page conjured.
Peru! If I ever see descendants of Incas with the wind of the mountains playing through their flutes,
no matter how high their altitude is, even if they're playing a Jimi Hendrix song,
that's it for me on YouTube. It's bending my brain enough as it is.
oh... oh... why am I thinking inca inca do, skiddely ivy too, inca inca do... no... no... don't.
Where are those life-giving waters when you need them?
They say you can't push a piece of paper into the joints of megalithic stone structures in Peru,
but this orchestra is too many sheets of music to the wind... the winds from page turning.
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Here's another band using ancestral instruments to approximate a movie or TV episode or documentary soundtrack.
They call themselves Skald, which is a nice play on an English word, scald, meaning to burn yourself or food lightly.
I'm seeing "Viking" but all their recording information is from France.
Could they be descendants of the Vikings who attacked Paris?
They call themselves Skald, which is a nice play on an English word, scald, meaning to burn yourself or food lightly.
I'm seeing "Viking" but all their recording information is from France.
Could they be descendants of the Vikings who attacked Paris?
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Here's an acoustic orchestral version of a Jimi Hendrix song, "Third Stone From The Sun",
where the popular American TV show "Third Rock From The Sun" got some of their ideas.
Too bad you have to stare at a graphic. Jimi was so into his artwork and photography.
He used to carry around a video camera with him, but I've never seen one of his "home" movies.
It's not strange, or hard for me, but here I am, hearing an orchestra and thinking it's not as good as Jimi.
"Third Stone From The Sun" has a signature riff that reminds me of "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.
where the popular American TV show "Third Rock From The Sun" got some of their ideas.
Too bad you have to stare at a graphic. Jimi was so into his artwork and photography.
He used to carry around a video camera with him, but I've never seen one of his "home" movies.
It's not strange, or hard for me, but here I am, hearing an orchestra and thinking it's not as good as Jimi.
"Third Stone From The Sun" has a signature riff that reminds me of "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.