Re: ebow for piano OT

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

I remember exactly the same piece, for me it was third grade. awesome! 
Soon after I heard that, my teacher brought in a Minimoog for us to fool 
around with for a couple of class periods.

It makes me sad that music has been cut at so many schools, I always 
remembered these experiences.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

> Okay, I have to ask you all since we're talking avant-garde/modified 
> piano here, amongst some folks with serious music ed here, there was a 
> piece that our elementary school music teacher (4th-5th grade) played 
> on LP for us - around Halloween - called "The Banshee".  It was cool 
> and scary to my 9-10 year old ears.
>
> Anyone remember this?  I haven't found it since.  Anyone?
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> From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
>> One really nice piano sound is to take a felt hammer, salvaged from a 
>> broken down piano,
>> and rub it along the length of the string.
>> This gets the string vibrating longitudinally, which is especially 
>> nice if the sus pedal is down.
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>> Just about any bit of wood rested on the strings can be nice too
>> (as used by Keith Tippet)
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>> For more ideas, check out John Cage Prepared Piano (full details in 
>> score)
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>> or you might like this
>> http://www.piranhaguitarbow.com/
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>> Then there's the "andy butler special technique" which involves 
>> placing a thumb or
>> finger on the string at one end, and removing it at just the right 
>> speed as the note
>> is played. With a bit of practice, it sounds like the note is 
>> swelling in.
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>> that's enough from me,
>> bet there's plenty of other great suggestions on list.
>>
>> andy butler
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>> Erdem Helvacioglu wrote:
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>>>  one more thing : what are the different material you use, attach, 
>>> scrape etc on your instruments? is there any specific material that 
>>> you would recommend for me to use on the guitar and piano? old 
>>> californian license plates work very well inside the piano by the 
>>> way ( bill walker knows what i mean :)
>>>  best.
>>>  Erdem Helvacioglu
>>> www.erdemhelvacioglu.com <http://www.erdemhelvacioglu.com>
>>> www.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu 
>>> <http://www.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu>
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