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I've never heard the concertina played like this before.
Write4U
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Never knew that you could play jazz on a concertina.
Charles Wheatstone
concertina, free-reed musical instrument patented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in London in 1829. Hexagonal hand bellows are fastened between two sets of boards that carry the reeds in fraised sockets, as well as the pallet valves and finger buttons, by which air is selectively admitted to the reeds.
Charles Wheatstone
concertina, free-reed musical instrument patented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in London in 1829. Hexagonal hand bellows are fastened between two sets of boards that carry the reeds in fraised sockets, as well as the pallet valves and finger buttons, by which air is selectively admitted to the reeds.
Just found them a couple of hours ago, and have already bought all 3 of their albums!!
Whether you want to call it Power Metal, Cheese Metal, Nerd Metal, or whatever, it's a nostalgic mix of 80s synths, 80s stadium rock, and modern power metal, all with more than a hint of the nerdiness of 80s computers, manga, fantasy. And just fun listening!!
Tell me you're not smiling and nodding away, or tapping your toes while listening!!
Let me introduce....
BEAST IN BLACK
One Night In Tokyo
Bella Donna
Both taken from their 2021 "Dark Connection" album.
Whether you want to call it Power Metal, Cheese Metal, Nerd Metal, or whatever, it's a nostalgic mix of 80s synths, 80s stadium rock, and modern power metal, all with more than a hint of the nerdiness of 80s computers, manga, fantasy. And just fun listening!!
Tell me you're not smiling and nodding away, or tapping your toes while listening!!
Let me introduce....
BEAST IN BLACK
One Night In Tokyo
Bella Donna
Both taken from their 2021 "Dark Connection" album.
exchemist
Valued Senior Member
I am currently learning the bass part of the opening chorus of this, the 6th and final cantata of Bach's Christmas Oratorio:
So it's on my iPad, for me to sing along, while using the piano to help when I screw up.
It's good stuff, but quite hairy.
The intro has a fantastic Bach "dummy" (a term from rugby football) in which he misdirects the listener, making you think he's going the obvious way, but actually he goes off somewhere quite different harmonically. There's a surprise B♭ and then an E in the bass in bars 41 and 42, at the 01:20mark, just before the chorus entry, which winds up the tension and makes you sit up. And best of all, we basses get to sing the same B♭ and E in the penultimate phrase of the chorus (04:55). I love it.
Singing bass in Bach is always such a thrill, if vocally taxing (range from E above middle C to F♯ below the bottom of the stave so nearly 2 octaves, with a lot of octave leaps). There's a sort of virile drive to Bach that you don't quite get with anyone else.
It's good stuff, but quite hairy.
The intro has a fantastic Bach "dummy" (a term from rugby football) in which he misdirects the listener, making you think he's going the obvious way, but actually he goes off somewhere quite different harmonically. There's a surprise B♭ and then an E in the bass in bars 41 and 42, at the 01:20mark, just before the chorus entry, which winds up the tension and makes you sit up. And best of all, we basses get to sing the same B♭ and E in the penultimate phrase of the chorus (04:55). I love it.
Singing bass in Bach is always such a thrill, if vocally taxing (range from E above middle C to F♯ below the bottom of the stave so nearly 2 octaves, with a lot of octave leaps). There's a sort of virile drive to Bach that you don't quite get with anyone else.
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