Theremin Player

Posted on Apr 15, 2008 | 2 comments
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Well, I haven’t had much to blog about for a while, so just to keep this thing alive, here’s a kitty playing a theremin. Enjoy. Real blogging to return...

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Ukeleles and Inversions

Posted on Nov 30, 2007 | 2 comments
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There was a cute article in last Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle about an apparent new ukelele fad that’s sweeping the nation. It was interesting to me, because I’d been just starting to take notice of the instrument. It just seems to keep cropping up. I noticed only recently, for example, that it’s buried in the texture of a couple...

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Sväng New Harmonica Quartet

Posted on Sep 10, 2007 | 2 comments
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Just found this while trying to find out more about the bass harmonica. Meet the Sväng New Harmonica Quartet of Finland, here offering a bit of that terrific Bulgarian rhythm I blogged about previously. I have trouble turning this off once it gets going. The second half of the video is more of a Ragtime number; also terrific. As for the bass harmonica,...

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Update on the "Hang" Percussion Instrument

Posted on Sep 12, 2006 | 1 comment
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Update on the "Hang" Percussion Instrument

Last year I posted a little item about my discovery of this wonderful instrument. Since then, that post has become increasingly popular, and so it seems appropriate to offer some updated information. The site of the people in Switzerland who make the hang is currently down, as is the site of the Canadian distributor whom I’d linked to in my previous...

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Loituma: Things of Beauty

Posted on Jul 27, 2006 | 4 comments
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It was mentioned in my previous post that I’ve been spending a lot of time with folk music lately. Regarding that, I recently discovered something new, because someone sent me this. (There’s audio.) Don’t spend more than 20 seconds with it, because it’s just an endless loop. This little cartoon is one of those goofy things that quickly...

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