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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 11, 2009 22:09:53 GMT -6
Talking about bodhrans made me remember another favorite instrument, the Caribbean Steel drum. They have such an amazing sound, just love them.  |
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Post by pickinduck on May 12, 2009 14:39:29 GMT -6
I agree they do have a great sound  What about a Pedal Steel Guitar? They are in almost every country song you see on TV. |
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 12, 2009 20:22:41 GMT -6
Those are neat as well.
Hammer dulcimers are my favorite stringed instruments, though.
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Post by Tomspy77 on May 12, 2009 20:42:00 GMT -6
I'm more of a two guitar, bass and a drum kind of guy, but I love the sound of the cello, I wish I could own one, I love the way the band ELO used them as well...
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 12, 2009 20:49:35 GMT -6
Haven't heard ELO for a long time. Might track down some of their music here soon.
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Post by Tomspy77 on May 12, 2009 21:13:04 GMT -6
Haven't heard ELO for a long time. Might track down some of their music here soon. Would have posted an example of ELO's cello usage in their music, but Ye olde' You Tube seems to be doing some repair work right now... |
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Post by pickinduck on May 13, 2009 6:42:02 GMT -6
I'm more of a two guitar, bass and a drum kind of guy, but I love the sound of the cello, I wish I could own one, I love the way the band ELO used them as well... I've heard that the cello is the closest instrument to the human voice. |
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Post by pickinduck on May 13, 2009 6:46:17 GMT -6
Those are neat as well. Hammer dulcimers are my favorite stringed instruments, though. Beautiful I think this is what the piano came from. |
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on May 13, 2009 10:10:35 GMT -6
It's most likely. Ran a search trying to find verifiable sources of information. Didn't quite find the sources I was looking for, but this site is interesting. Wikipedia also has a fairly good entry. If I keep looking, I'll probably find a link to a music school's site that has the info I'm looking for. |
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Post by Tomspy77 on May 13, 2009 22:16:39 GMT -6
Wow finally watched that video above you are right Snap that is very pretty and well played...
Electric Light Orchestra- 10538 Overture
Electric Light Orchestra - Rockaria (Remastered Audio)
I love music, and rock music is the best genre to me, so after I heard the Beatles I got into ELO and I'm glad I did, not only was all the instruments they used to record their songs and homages to other kinds of music cool, but Jeff Lynne was also a really good song writer as well...
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