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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 30 November 2006 10:46 PM
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I've never seen a marimba laid out like this one before.  ------------------  Bobby Lee (a.k.a. b0b) - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open HeartsWilliams D-12 E9, C6add9, Sierra Olympic S-12 (F Diatonic) Sierra Laptop S-8 (E6add9), Fender Stringmaster D-8 (E13, C6 or A6) My Blog |
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David Mason Member From: Cambridge, MD, USA |
posted 01 December 2006 02:28 AM
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It's hard to tell because of parallax in the photographs, but it looks like the leftmost bar on the fourth course is about the same length as a bar in the middle of the first row? So does it have a lot of duplicate notes? It says it has 48 resonator tubes and a range from G1 To C5, which is 42 notes - it would be nice to see some manufacturer's info, to say the least. I guess you could wrap your head around some oddball chromatic note mapping - people can play glass harmonicas, classical kazoos, musical saws, even pedal steel guitar (!). They appear to be a legitimate Ebay music store, mostly selling "original" import guitars? 36 Strings, Anyone? But how do you PLAY it? [This message was edited by David Mason on 01 December 2006 at 02:32 AM.] |
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Charlie McDonald Member From: Lubbock, Texas, USA |
posted 01 December 2006 07:09 AM
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Very wierd. The compass is said to be 4 octaves, yet the width is 24 notes. So is this like a double neck at different ranges? |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 01 December 2006 10:50 AM
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At first I thought it might be a Diamond Marimba, but it's not.  |
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Chris LeDrew Member From: Newfoundland, Canada |
posted 01 December 2006 11:21 AM
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"Strange Marimba"...........I didn't know they made any other kind.  |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 01 December 2006 01:21 PM
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I received some info in email. Apparently it's a descendent of a German folk instrument called a 'Strohfidel. ------------------ |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 01 December 2006 04:37 PM
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Found the tuning here |
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Les Anderson Member From: Rossland, BC, Canada |
posted 01 December 2006 11:32 PM
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On another note Bobby, how are you coming along with your marimba? A steel guitar and a marimba make beautiful harmonies with each other. |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 02 December 2006 08:50 AM
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I'm playing marimba on a few songs every set. I really enjoy playing it alone at home a lot more than carting it around to play it in the band. I'm not good at it, but the variety of sound is a big selling point for the band, and it actually does fit better than pedal steel in some of our songs. I can't play marimba and steel at the same time, but I have been known to take a mallet to the strings on occasion! ------------------ |
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