This isn’t a spy code or anything- I have a harmonica that is broken. It’s a nice harmonica and I like it and want to keep and play it, but it has a few notes that don’t make sound when you blow in/out.
I don’t know anyone in person with the ability to fix broken harmonicas so I have come to the trans app to ask for assistance.
I would be deeply grateful for any help that people can provide! Thanks and g’day.
I have a desire to write collaborative musical pieces the natural elements. A tree would seem like a good partner. I can’t seem to think of a satisfying way to manifest that though. There are technologies such as PlantWave, which converts the water exchange rates in two points of a plant into musical information that can be turned into generative musical patterns. On the surface that seems like a path for musical dialogue. But from what I’ve heard, the results don’t communicate any sort of “plantness” that would distinguish their output from any sort of random musical generator. Is what I’m looking for an illusion? Can a tree meaningfully be called a collaborator outside of the confines of a technological gimmick?
Another collaborator could be the wind, with whom humanity has had a longstanding creative relationship. I imagine a garden filled with aeolian harps, bamboo and metal chimes, all tuned to create a lush drone of overtones and aleatoric clacks and rings over which one could practice singing chants. Instruments that translate the wind into music still sound like the wind, with all of its musical peculiarities. In that there seems to be the capacity for exchange.
I have a little Celtic lap harp that I sometimes place in my window to create a crude aeolian harp. I first discovered this side of the instrument walking it without a case to a rehearsal when I lived in Vermont. The wind was blowing hard, and the harp was excited into a ghostly whine, jumping up and down from note to note in each string’s harmonic series as dictated by the waxing and waning gusts.
Postcrossing DE-13137538 by Gail Anderson
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Postcard with music related art and a quote from French composer Erik Satie. According to Google Translate, the German words in the quote translate in English to - Sign of time? The artists have become professionals; the amateur artists. Sent by a Postcrossing member in Germany.
Oboe | What Makes This Instrument So Beautiful 2023
The oboe is a beautiful instrument. In this article, let's learn about its history and some of the most popular music for the oboe.
History of Oboe
The oboe is a woodwind instrument that has been around for centuries, with its origins dating back to ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Greece. It was originally known as the “hautbois” or “high wood,” and was primarily used for outdoor military ceremonies and religious rituals.
During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the oboe became a popular instrument in orchestras…
Nhạc cụ hơi thường sở hữu dạng hình ống, bên trong rỗng chứa hộp cộng hưởng, lúc chơi sẽ sử dụng hơi thổi để tạo ra âm điệu. Âm sắc phát ra sẽ tùy thuộc vào chiều dài ống và độ dài hơi thổi. Các dòng nhạc cụ hơi chính hãng hiện đang được phân phối tại Việt Thương Music bao gồm sáo, kèn melodion, kèn harmonica, kèn trumpet,...
Back in the studio again now that the garden is tucked-up for the Winter.
A piccolo is a small flute in the woodwind section of an orchestra or military band and plays exactly one octave higher than a normal flute – being the highest pitched instrument in that section. When I was at school (many years ago!) I played the flute and piccolo (the one pictured here) in the school and county bands,…