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Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: April 03 2003, 13:19 Not entirely serious... So, while we're discussing which instruments Mike can and can't play, which of those he hasn't used yet do you think would fit him well? My suggestions: - dulcimer (would be kinda cool to see him play this) - zither (if he can play the harp, why not?) - lute (he probably could play it with relative ease, but I'm not aware that he has done so thus far) Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 03 2003, 15:34 Two I'd be interested to see him (or anyone, in fact! ) try would be the Theremin and the octave mandola for no reason other than that I think they're fun...if he's really nice to me, I might let him have a go on mine Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: April 03 2003, 16:10 Theremin is a really good idea. That might work great with MO music if done right! What exactly is the octave mandola? edit: and BTW, you can hear the Theremin on Tiamat's 'A Deeper Kind Of Slumber' album and also on some album by The Inchtabokatables, played by that very same guy from Tiamat. Can't remember if it's any good, though. Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 03 2003, 17:49 The Octave Mandola is what used to be called a mandola before Gibson introduced what's now called the Tenor Mandola and confused the issue hugely   That is to say, it's a member of the mandolin family, tuned to the same notes as the mandolin (G D A E), but an octave lower (and asa result, the instrument is much larger). To confuse things yet further, the same instrument is usually called the Octave Mandolin in North America. To hear one, you need go no further than my own Moonlight Mando, though it's by no means the only example... Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: April 03 2003, 18:30 the chinese pipa i'm not really sure now... but i'd say it belongs to the lutes family. it's got four strings and its played leaning it on the legs with the neck near the face... (how difficult to explain...)   its sound's really delicious and i think it could fit well with his music. btw. the theremin is quite a mysterious instrument. i've listened to it just once in an air's concert (played by the support band, there was just a guitar and a theremin) but i couldn't understand how it works since there's no direct contact with it, isn't it? -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 03 2003, 21:41 The pipa does have a nice sound, as does the erhu (a chinese fiddle) - that could be one to try. The theremin works by using the capacitance between the player's hand and the aerial to tune an oscillator circuit...there's a more in-depth explanation to it than that of course, and if you're interested in finding out more, you might like to follow this link. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: April 04 2003, 05:34 Personally, I would love to see him try a Steinberger guitar. Steinberger basses are the most famous, but Steve Howe, the guitarist from Yes and one of my very favourite guitarists, plays a Steinberger 12 string. It really does sound very different from a normal guitar, as it isn't made of wood (I think they call it Graphite: some form of fiberglass composite), and of course has no head. I heard it played with heaps and heaps of echo, and it really does sound amazing. Quite artificial sounding, but it really does stunyou. That would be my request. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: April 04 2003, 06:20 1917... i would have never said this instrument is almost one century old. for what i've read, in the concert i mentioned they played an analog theremin. it got on very well with the sound of the guitar.   it seems it’s needed great skills to control the sound (and steady hands, happily mike’s hands are ok... so sure if he wanted to, he could try this ) i’ve taken these nice words from one of the webs i’ve visited through the link (thanks for it korgscrew) : Quote "The phenomenon of expressing sound through the movement of our bioelectrical pulses is just scratching the surface of an invisible world as it becomes tangible to us. The theremin is an instrument that unveils to us our own electrical charge, and encourages us to explore our less apparent attributes." -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: April 04 2003, 07:24 Here in Brazil we have some different instruments that might be quite interesting to him to play...they're from the family of the acoustic guitar...I'll check more about them and post here. BTW...what about a kantele? I've heard this on an Alan Parsons Project album from the 70's... -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: April 07 2003, 04:20 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ April 04 2003, 14:24) BTW...what about a kantele? I've heard this on an Alan Parsons Project album from the 70's... Did someone mention a kantele? I'm quite surprised Mike hans't played it already... According to the Finnish national epic Kalevala, Väinänöinen (Vainamoinen, for those whose computers do not recognise nordic letters, the hero of the story) built the first kantele from the jawbone of a giant pike. There was probably more to the story, but I don't remember more of it. Back to top

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