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Post by alimcg on Aug 7, 2006 18:35:15 GMT 10
...go and see Brasileirinho. Amazingly beautiful music, killer pandeiro players, and an acrylic clarinet. Anyone who plays samba or bossa nova on gigs should at least know a little of choro.
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Post by ladylex on Aug 8, 2006 9:33:25 GMT 10
an acrylic clarintet?
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Post by alimcg on Aug 8, 2006 11:30:20 GMT 10
Not sure exactly what it's made of. Kinda looked like perspex. Didn't sound too bad either.
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Post by ladylex on Aug 8, 2006 12:01:17 GMT 10
Im very interested!  Are you able to expand upon the sound at all? When you say perspex... does that mean it was see through? Pretty heavy if that is the case! Wowsers... |
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Post by alimcg on Aug 8, 2006 14:21:40 GMT 10
Yes it was see-through. Didn't seem very heavy - the guy held it as though it were a similar weight to a regular clarinet.
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Post by ladylex on Aug 8, 2006 16:54:16 GMT 10
If it was perspex.. it should be slightly heavier. But it would be a bit of a sight... Ive been googling all day like crazy.. so keen to see what it looks like! It would be so very pretty Wonder how different the sound would be.... |
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Post by alimcg on Aug 8, 2006 17:27:54 GMT 10
The tone wasn't that different. I guess if you were a clarinetist you might be a bit fussy, but to this drummer's ear it was fine. I suppose it was a little less woody in its tone.
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Post by marksiks on Aug 8, 2006 22:54:48 GMT 10
I remember Eddiie from Roxy Music having a perspex electric violin when the played festival Hall in the 1970s
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Post by alimcg on Aug 8, 2006 23:20:27 GMT 10
I've checked up on it, and I'm pretty sure it is perspex.
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Post by ladylex on Aug 9, 2006 9:48:19 GMT 10
Loads of instruments are being cast in perspex these days.. One of my GFs has a guitar from Japan that is perspex - very very heavy (compared to the usual guitar) but oh so sexshee I love staring at it - you can see all the cogs and electrics. One of my mates in Brisbane has an electric perspex violin too (from Hong Kong I thought he said). Its incredible and looks really amazing under different lights. I would love to see the perspex clari.. i really would. Actually.. Id love to see a perspex horn ;D |
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Post by alimcg on Aug 18, 2006 13:38:55 GMT 10
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Post by marksiks on Aug 20, 2006 17:01:01 GMT 10
Loads of instruments are being cast in perspex these days.. One of my GFs has a guitar from Japan that is perspex - very very heavy (compared to the usual guitar) but oh so sexshee I love staring at it - you can see all the cogs and electrics. One of my mates in Brisbane has an electric perspex violin too (from Hong Kong I thought he said). Its incredible and looks really amazing under different lights. I would love to see the perspex clari.. i really would. Actually.. Id love to see a perspex horn ;D What if you leave it on your dashboard in summer? |
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Post by glean on Aug 21, 2006 0:15:12 GMT 10
if it melts you can remold it into something to play with
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Post by marksiks on Aug 22, 2006 0:18:02 GMT 10
wot like a basketball?
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Post by absinthe on Aug 28, 2006 23:43:59 GMT 10
I for one am intrigued by these musicians you described, I will endeavour to research them
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Are you able to expand upon the sound at all?