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![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Real Name: Leo Pedersen
Main Seven: Raven 7 - my design
Main ERG: Ergo 10, Ergo 9, Stick 8
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Epic Interlocking Tapping Sevenstring Gamelan Metal Goodness!
This past Tuesday I participated in one of the most joyous performances in my life!
It was a world music fusion concert with a really strange & diverse mix of rock band, Korean drumming, and Balinese gamelan played in rock band as well as bluegrass band formats. The highlight of the evening for me: (I'm on the left) A bit of explanation: this piece is called Kotekan which refers to the extremely elaborate and complex style of interlocking melodies which is a dominant feature of Balinese music. The only practical way to perform the high speed interlocking parts on electric guitar is to play touch-style with a fabric damper on the neck because the parts consist of running 16th notes split between pairs of instruments (in this case two guitars) with each player doing 16th note rests when the other plays her 16th note in rapid alternation. Here's an example of the kind of interlocking parts I'm talking about on traditional gamelan instruments: And here's the same piece Kotekan played by our gamelan percussion orchestra a few years ago: (I'm second from the left in the front row of players) The other two pieces I played in were rock fusion with Korean drums & percussion: ![]() |
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Youtube is running really slow, the only video that's working for me is the last one. But that was pretty good.
The hand hold gong sounded really bad, and I don't know if it is just me, but it sounds like his rhythm is a bit off from time to time. |
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Vulcan Lute God
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Oshawa Ontario Canada
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Excellent videos, great music! Must have been a lot of fun for you to play with so many percussionists, only drawback being you can't make any drummer jokes
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Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Real Name: Leo Pedersen
Main Seven: Raven 7 - my design
Main ERG: Ergo 10, Ergo 9, Stick 8
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ROTER CUSTOM GUITARS
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Poland
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Real Name: Sebastian
Main Seven: I need more strings :)
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Great stuff, thanks
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Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Sweet. Now I hear the reason you've been looking at those pick-up that only respond when a note is fretted.
This is definitely in the direction I was heading. More rhythmically complex "single note" playing, almost to the point of transcribing a six, seven, eight piece drum score to a six, seven or eight string guitar. Ray
The Ultimate Question: What string gauge is needed for 18.84# of tension when tuned to E2 on a 27" scale guitar?
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prototyping...
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Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Real Name: Leo Pedersen
Main Seven: Raven 7 - my design
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![]() Ah very interesting. So do you think that single-string gated pickup idea would suit your designs as well? |
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Mostly Harmless
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I don't know about the rapid-fire back and forth between two guitarists. That requires a whole level of skill that I don't have yet. I still only "see" where I think I want to be in the context of one guitar. Time will tell. I'll get back to you in a bit over a year. ![]() Ray Oh, not to steal your thunder, but I found this while digging around on YouTube looking for more of your shows. Gamelan Ska/Big-Band with some Grateful-Dead Dancers? Ray Last edited by ElRay; 04-14-2008 at 05:21 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Real Name: Leo Pedersen
Main Seven: Raven 7 - my design
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![]() As an example of traditional Balinese gamelan, these folks - Cudamani - are imo the best balinese gamelan group in the world. This is the level that we aspire to here in Vancouver, but will never reach... |
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Mostly Harmless
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Ah, that reminds me of the last time I went to a concert. There was a ruckus in the string section. The conductor asked what the problem was. The first violinist said that the first viola was turning her tuning pegs. The first viola replied, "She did it to me first, and won't tell me which one she turned!"
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