Re: ebow for piano OT

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

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?

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 
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