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percussion on the cello...

recently got a Luis and Clark carbon fiber cello. Have just begun to explore the whole world of possiblities opened up for tapping or striking various parts of the instrument- which is even more wide open when you plug it in.... Maybe it is this cello - I don't feel quite so inhibited about beating on it ! However it does offer some interesting sounds .... even things tapped out on different parts of the bridge are very audible through the pick-up

it is making me want to study up a little on African and Middle eastern drumming.

would love to hear any comments anyone else has on the subject of percussive cello.....!

M


By clayman at Oct 28 2005 - 2:34pm | Improv Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic

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An excellet, though not unexplored, idea.

Check out Ethan Winer's pop-cello production; He does the hwole thing on cello- including the percussion. It's a wonderfully entertaining vid.

Downloadable in severable formats and low and high quality, streaming or download.

A Cello Rondo

Have fun, be delicate on your baby!

.K[e]y-Le

"The music may stop now and then, But the the strings will remain forever..." -anonomous

By lackinglatin at Sat, 01/07/2006 - 2:51am | login or register to post comments

Tapping

Hi there. I tap on my cello a lot. I use mostly the thumbs and first two fingers on both hands like a djimbe player. My hands are mostly stationary, letting the fingers do the work. However, changing the location of the hands results in different sounds. The upper bout is higher pitched then he lower bout. I usually try to get the bass sounds out of my thumbs, but not always. There's a whole bunch of ways you can position your hands to get different "kits". A ring on one finger can help too as long as you are gentle with it.

By ClarkBattle at Thu, 03/22/2007 - 8:22pm | login or register to post comments