Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] electric cello? [music]

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Not electric, but I love these How It's Made programs and was very glad 
to find them on YouTube (I was filling up my DVR).   Lots and lots of 
musical instrument topics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gI3chGtww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-A7K4TPT2k

As to electric cellos, they've been around for decades though I've never 
seen one that broke with classical form to the extent of doing away with 
the spike and, really, the entire portion below the fingerboard.  The 
one's I've seen have the bouts of the soundbox stripped away, or at most 
stylistically represented by a hollow curve of material that can be 
braced like one would a normal bout.  Still, always with a floor 
spike.   That's a clever innovation, though I wonder how it changes the 
intonation.  The string tension would be vastly different.

These below are the type I've seen, along with another that has a 
soundbox that resembles that of those "backpacker's" guitars you 
sometimes see.

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D23446%252526CTID%25253D232400,00.html
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D2272%252526CTID%25253D232400,00.html
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D64947%252526CTID%25253D232400,00.html
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D2269%252526CTID%25253D232400,00.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_cello#Makers

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Jonathan King wrote:
>
> > So I have to admit I had never heard of the electric cello before 
> > this, or at least the kind of electric cello seen here:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlGBMAgDGUU
>
> That's an interesting design.  I hadn't seen one before.
>
>
> > That said, this makes a lot of sense. To be brutally honest about it, 
> > most classically trained players would be way up on the skills 
> > distribution for rock, and cello in particular should be attractive 
> > given its register, fretlessness, and bowed nature.
>
> Well, I don't think that classical musicians have quite the kind of 
> training that makes for good rock players because in rock there is a 
> lot of improvisation and a very different feel.  The classical players 
> will be thinking a lot about tone and dynamics -- things that hardly 
> apply when overdriving the amp and using compression.  I think most 
> serious classical cellists would hate playing that thing.  Back in the 
> hair-metal days of the '80s there were tons of guys playing classical 
> violin pieces on cranked-up rock guitars -- pieces by Bach or Paganini 
> -- and that style would be perfect for a classical cellist to get into 
> rock playing using that weird neck-only electric cello.
>
>
> > That said, this guy seems to be playing what I guess I would call a 
> > "modeling cello" that is triggering samples or something as he bows it.
>
> I'm not sure how it is being processed, but I don't think it is 
> triggering samples.  It sounds more to me like overdriven electric cello.
>
>
> > Any comments from the more musically savvy? This guy isn't bad, but 
> > there are literally thousands of cellists out there who could 
> > probably toast him if they wanted to.
>
> I think he isn't that strong technically because sometimes his pitch 
> is wrong and he gets some nasty squeaks that he probably didn't want.  
> Given that and the fact that he probably tried a bunch of times to get 
> it perfect, he's probably not a superstar cellist.  I'll bet he can 
> attract some attention with that thing though.
>
> Apparently his name is Sachino Tsinadze, he's from the former USSR 
> state of Georgia, he now lives in Philadelphia and performs with this 
> guy:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/jondelise
>
> And with these guys:
>
> http://www.thehelots.com/
>
> Judging from the sounds of these bands, he meets a lot of girls.
>
> Mike
>
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