Perverse idea of the day

The Sporting Pitchfork · Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:31 am

A friend of mine suggested to me today that it would be interesting to try playing Sardinian launeddas and theremin simultaneously...I'm sure Roland Kirk would've approved.

I was thinking such a setup could go really nicely with Portuguese fado singing and/or Afro-Brazilian percussion...

Yuri · Post by **Yuri** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:25 am

Well, you can play all sort of things together... Just what exactly would you play, though? They are about the most uncompatible instruments I can think about.

wgority · Post by **wgority** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:37 am

If you include a banjo in that ensemble I'd suggest the first tune played should be Madonna's "Like a Virgin".

Bill

Kevin L. Rietmann · Post by **Kevin L. Rietmann** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:46 am

You could play most anything in conjunction with a theremin. Maybe play it with bare feet? Your proverbial one-man band.

You could also get a nice avant garde composition by just leaving a theremin in a public place and recording the results. Reminiscint of Steve Allen noting birds on telephone wires - birds are notes, wires are staff lines.

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:07 pm

Kevin L. Rietmann wrote:Reminiscint of Steve Allen noting birds on telephone wires - birds are notes, wires are staff lines.

You mean , like Olivier Messaien?
O that he had written for the bagpipe.....

My suggestion for incompatability:

Biniou and Sitar

carel · Post by **carel** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:33 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UfyyK7BkY

I like that theremin stuf
BTW Its not me

carel · Post by **carel** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wph6wGwP ... ed&search=

almost my uilleann pipes

Donald E Baltus · Post by **Donald E Baltus** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:58 pm

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:A friend of mine suggested to me today that it would be interesting to try playing Sardinian launeddas and theremin simultaneously...I'm sure Roland Kirk would've approved.

I was thinking such a setup could go really nicely with Portuguese fado singing and/or Afro-Brazilian percussion...

Maybe you should move this thread to the electronic instrument forum.

Lock it damn it, lock the thread before somebody says something instructive!

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:23 am

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:A friend of mine suggested to me today that it would be interesting to try playing Sardinian launeddas and theremin simultaneously...I'm sure Roland Kirk would've approved.

I was thinking such a setup could go really nicely with Portuguese fado singing and/or Afro-Brazilian percussion...

finally someone understands. what say ye wombat?

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:06 pm

Yuri wrote:Well, you can play all sort of things together... Just what exactly would you play, though? They are about the most uncompatible instruments I can think about.

Clavichord and GHB?

Picc and Tuba?

2 piccs? (parallel minor 2nds -

)

TheSpoonMan · Post by **TheSpoonMan** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:27 pm

Chiffed wrote:
Yuri wrote:Well, you can play all sort of things together... Just what exactly would you play, though? They are about the most uncompatible instruments I can think about.
Clavichord and GHB?

Picc and Tuba?

2 piccs? (parallel minor 2nds - )

Always thought Northumbrian Smallpipes and the foot pedals of an organ would sound pretty cool together.

Lexxicos · Post by **Lexxicos** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:01 pm

Nah. A Shawm and a Tuba, with the Shawm and Tuba playing in (something like) unison and a constant backdrop of 3 Digeridoos, each a quarter step apart.

Yuri · Post by **Yuri** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:12 pm

2 piccs, parallel min 2nds. I love that. Haven't had a toothache for a while, about time.

barbuck · Post by **barbuck** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:59 pm

Chiffed wrote: Picc and Tuba?
2 piccs? ......

For some reason when I read this, this song (which I hadn't thought of in over 30 years) immediately popped into my head!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Several_Sp ... ith_a_Pict

sean an piobaire · Post by **sean an piobaire** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:37 pm

P.D.Q. Bach (aka. Peter Schickle-LAH) did this stuff already,
on his Sonata for Lute and Bagpipe, circa 1970!
For the realization of this "other" suggested arrangement,
you would need a Launeddas (which I have, a Punta di Organo in
"G" in the Zampogna style tuning, Thanks to Ted Anderson)
Then there's a Theremin, by Robert Moog(RIP) and his company,
"Big Briar" in South Carolina.
Well, I got mine in 1997, when they were only $339 USD.
Note that it has to be plugged in (grounded), for the thing to work,
it's not a cordless, traveling device, at all.
Then you need the book:
"Fado Portugues, Songs From The Soul of Portugal" by Donald Cohen
Printed by Wise Music, a part of the Music Sales Group,
New York and London.
My copy does not have a date, but it is new, and one of the best I've ever seen on the subject of "FADO" (songs of Fate).
It has the Portuguese words with English translations, printed music "lead sheets" with guitar chords,
AND.... there's a CD in the back cover with all the songs by their oridginal artists.
The book was $34.95 at the "Spanish Table" shop in Berkeley, California,
where I bought it, JUST LAST WEEK !
As for the percussionistas.....those kinds of musicians,
are pretty easy to find in the SF bay area (I'm 130 miles South of San Francisco).
NOW...... WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS......
WHERE'S THE PRODUCTION MONEY ?
Maybe we can let the First Person with the MOST-est,$$$$,
get the "idea" credit.
SO...What are we waiting for......Let's get BUSY and RECORD IT.......... & I'm NOT JOKING AROUND !
Sean Folsom

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