Kveldssanger
11-12-2007, 22:53
Αφορμή για την επαφή με τον συγκεκριμένο ιταλο κύριο το τελευταίο του album, "Τessuti: Angeli Plays Firth And Bjork" (από τον τίτλο καταλαβαίνετε τι σημαίνει φαντάζομαι). O Angeli παίζει prepared sardinian guitar και όλες οι εκτελέσεις στο album έχουν παιχτεί live λεει. Τι είναι αυτό;
"Commonly known as the "giant guitar" for the dimension of its resonance box, the Sardinian guitar can be played upright with a bow and tuned a fourth or fifth lower than is typical, allowing it to traverse the range between a Spanish folk guitar and an acoustic bass. On the tiny Mediterranean island of Sardinia, it is a quintessential component for the annual Canto Contest, in which the player must interpret and support the vocal improvisations of three or more singers while adhering to native song structure. For Paolo Angeli, that traditional use of the instrument was just a beginning. After studying with Giovanni Scanu, the oldest living Sardinian guitar player, Angeli adapted the instrument to his own improvisational needs, equipping it with a dozen pickups so that a different effect might be assigned to each string. In addition, tiny hammers controlled by foot pedals rap on every nylon string, providing rhythmic accompaniment, while a small propeller creates circular bass drones and continuous melodies. The result is unimaginable. In a heat of super-human finger-picking, maniacal bow work, and flashing feet, Angeli constructs and deconstructs the notes, stretching, bending, breaking, and transforming them until it is as if we were inside them, unable to recognize our surroundings. Bagpipes, clarinets, bells, dulcimers, trumpets, sheet metal, tin cans, and pneumatic hammers seem to hide beneath his fingertips, and while the combination isn't always pleasing to the ears, it occupies well the space between them."
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"Commonly known as the "giant guitar" for the dimension of its resonance box, the Sardinian guitar can be played upright with a bow and tuned a fourth or fifth lower than is typical, allowing it to traverse the range between a Spanish folk guitar and an acoustic bass. On the tiny Mediterranean island of Sardinia, it is a quintessential component for the annual Canto Contest, in which the player must interpret and support the vocal improvisations of three or more singers while adhering to native song structure. For Paolo Angeli, that traditional use of the instrument was just a beginning. After studying with Giovanni Scanu, the oldest living Sardinian guitar player, Angeli adapted the instrument to his own improvisational needs, equipping it with a dozen pickups so that a different effect might be assigned to each string. In addition, tiny hammers controlled by foot pedals rap on every nylon string, providing rhythmic accompaniment, while a small propeller creates circular bass drones and continuous melodies. The result is unimaginable. In a heat of super-human finger-picking, maniacal bow work, and flashing feet, Angeli constructs and deconstructs the notes, stretching, bending, breaking, and transforming them until it is as if we were inside them, unable to recognize our surroundings. Bagpipes, clarinets, bells, dulcimers, trumpets, sheet metal, tin cans, and pneumatic hammers seem to hide beneath his fingertips, and while the combination isn't always pleasing to the ears, it occupies well the space between them."
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/italy/gallery/neri/italiajazzrebels08bologna.jpg
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