Mighty Favog Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/lunkerville/videos/10152590836177653/?pnref=story 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 if there is one single instrument that sounds the most incredible on my cornwalls... its the xylophone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 At least they are teaching them good music!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 That is absolutely incredible!!!! Sounds great. Hats off to the kids and a pitcher or two for the teacher who was able to herd these cats and make this happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) if there is one single instrument that sounds the most incredible on my cornwalls... its the xylophone I don't mean to be correcting you, but I would guess that instrument sound you like is the Marimba. The good ones use rosewood bars, the xylo's are a lot more harsh sounding. Here are some 3 1/2 octave marimbas, 4 mallet technique. The music is Scheherazade, played by the Santa Clara Vanguard pit. Your Cornwalls should expose the clarity of every note and you can hear each time they switch from yarn to rubber mallets. Tune in about 4:20 for some incredible marimba runs. The xylo's are in the second row. And here's the marimba cam, so you can learn the music at home and play like this guy. Edited September 8, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) See the girls on the keyboards in the back left doing the wave??Too bad they couldn't hold up some lighters. Edited September 8, 2015 by Mighty Favog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 My dad played a vibraharp. He usually used two or four mallets, but sometimes played with three in one hand. SSH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) Vibraphone... gary burton sounds extraordinary. I don't really know what the difference is between these hammered instruments. Edited September 8, 2015 by Schu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Great choice of music. Thanks for sharing. Those kids are good. It's a shame many music classes are being eliminated because of funding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) Here's two of my favorite pieces: at: 1:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD-7ly19vTE and the entire thing: (LOL!! and , no, that's not Steve Landesburg playing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otnht3UqPcw Edited September 8, 2015 by Mighty Favog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 8, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 8, 2015 Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Needs more cowbell... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Great choice of music. Thanks for sharing. Those kids are good. It's a shame many music classes are being eliminated because of funding. I'm not sure this is in their regular school. Behind them is a glass door and you can see street traffic going by when it's dark out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Vibraphone... gary burton sounds extraordinary. I don't really know what the difference is between these hammered instruments. I was once upon a time in a group called Marimbas of Houston. That was fun, I still wish I had mine(natural rosewood keys even), but I needed a car blah blah blah. The basic differences are range and timbre. Marimbas are typically four octaves with some even another half octave on the low end. The pitch and resonance gives them a mellow sound. Xylophones operate on the higher frequencies and have a drier timbre, much more cutting and piercing than a marimba. Traditionally both were made of hardwoods but as far back as the seventies synthetic materials began to be used for economic and ecologic reasons. Vibraphones are a different stripe since the keys are made of metal and a motor can be used to turn butterfly valves which can rotate between the bottom of the keys and the resonator tubes, providing different speeds of oscillation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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