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Topic: Issaque Matusse - Fao-Fao - African lap-style guitar |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 29 Jan 2011 9:35 am |
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Everything about this clip except the instrument is completely non-western in conception, execution, sense of intonation, etc. It's good to have one's ears stretched in a new direction every now and then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBH3LlhrE1o |
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Laurent Arams
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Edmonton,Alberta, Canada
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Posted 29 Jan 2011 1:35 pm
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| That was very cool. I really like the fact that he put his slide in the sound hole as not to lose it! Man, I wish I could find a way to get manufacturers to give these musicians some good gear! Come on you big guitar makers,string,capo,pick,strap manufacturers, send these people some gear! |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2011 3:31 pm
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Very nice. Including the tie.
Seriously, the intro and outro greatly add to the impact.
I appreciate this.
Would you call that time signature 12/8? |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 29 Jan 2011 4:13 pm
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Andy,
I think that this is a great find.
Another cultural experience with steel guitar.
You have a regular spanish guitar without the strings raised at the neck, with the bottle as his bar which appears to be filled with paper. I am sure he must have experimented with paper and without paper to get the tone that he wanted. IME
Aloha, 
Don |
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 30 Jan 2011 8:26 am
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| Dude he only has 5 strings and and an old bottle, I'm humbled. |
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Benjamin Franz
From:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 30 Jan 2011 5:42 pm
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| I notice also a very inventive string repair on the A string near the bridge. Makes me wonder if he played with six strings but has been unable to replace the first string. |
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