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| Konabob |
Posted - 02/01/2011 : 8:43:43 PM
I love Indian music. I wanted to share this video of the great great grandfather of the lap steel.
The Vichitra Veena is played with a glass ball.
(From Wikipedia)
"There are four main playing strings and five secondary strings (chikaris), which are played openly with the little finger for a drone effect. Underneath them are 13 sympathetic strings tuned to the notes of the appropriate raag. The veena has a five-octave range. Two plectrums (mizrab) identical to those used for sitar are worn on the middle and index fingers of the right hand to pluck the strings, and a glass ball (batta) is moved with the left across the main strings to create melody (there can be a distance of up to two inches between notes). Coconut oil is put on the strings to minimize the friction of the sliding hand holding the batta."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1eRYC7351E&feature=related
Ok, so coconut oil is the secret? See you guys at Keauhou next week!
Aloha,
-Konabob |
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| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/03/2011 : 08:16:38 AM
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Originally posted by Konabob
Slipry1, I have a Hog 30 that you could use. It will save you a rental, and if you have your effects peddle, it should sound fine.
Aloha,
-Konabob
Mahalo, Bob. I'm coming in on Satturday. See you then. |
| Konabob |
Posted - 02/02/2011 : 2:36:33 PM
Slipry1, I have a Hog 30 that you could use. It will save you a rental, and if you have your effects peddle, it should sound fine.
Aloha,
-Konabob |
| Mark |
Posted - 02/02/2011 : 09:53:45 AM
Thanks for posting this.
I've been aware of this kind of instrument for a long time, but only from pictures or sadly neglected instruments in some obscure collection. Great to hear and see it is getting a lease on life.
You know that at least one pundit (another borrowing from India) has made the claim that this is the direct forerunner of the Hawaiian steel guitar, yes? I think it had to do with a wandering Indian sailor...
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| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/02/2011 : 07:47:01 AM
Hmmmmmm.... Maybe the veena owner is trying to tan the strings? 
Seriously, while I was taking ethnomusicology at UCLA I saw a Veena, and it had a lot of strange looking metal strings, with the lower ones wound. Perhaps coconut oil reduces the "grab" that wound strings produce.
I'm really looking forward to next week - you, me, Mark, and Chris Kennison (and who knows else) with Alan Akaka! WOW! Oh - do you have an amp I can borrow? I'll have my Boss Fender 65 Delux Reverb pedal, so I don't need a lot of effects. |
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