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| Reaching back to the origins of western notation, the author takes a look at Gregorian chant and chant traditions of the world. Then he continues with descriptions of his subliminal-chant generator, which is two voice-synthesizing ICs that he rewired and organized into one sound-producing unit. Practical words on how he built his instrument end in a tantalizing list of resulting sounds. \\ | Reaching back to the origins of western notation, the author takes a look at Gregorian chant and chant traditions of the world. Then he continues with descriptions of his subliminal-chant generator, which is two voice-synthesizing ICs that he rewired and organized into one sound-producing unit. Practical words on how he built his instrument end in a tantalizing list of resulting sounds. \\ | ||
| [circuit bending; electronics; | [circuit bending; electronics; | ||
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| + | ===Letters and Notes=== | ||
| + | 10 pages; 9 pictures; 21 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Dwin R. Craig: Amiga computers used for speech synthesis. \\ | ||
| + | René van Peer: Musical interaction with birds. \\ | ||
| + | [[Bash the Trash]]: 6 ideas for simply constructed instruments using recycled materials. \\ | ||
| + | Notes: “Music of the streets” by Michael Colton about car-activated sounds published in The Washington Post Oct 1 1998. \\ | ||
| + | See www.composersforum.org for info on Harry Partch archives. \\ | ||
| + | Pictures and short text of Jacques Rémus’ mechanical-acoustic instrument [midi; computers]. \\ | ||
| + | Information on cigar box guitars from Shane Speal. \\ | ||
| + | Web site list includes search engine reviews.\\ | ||
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| + | ===Polymorphous Percussion Construction; | ||
| + | Zeno Okeanos. 6 pages; 19 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | The author recreates percussion instruments of the world while applying his own ideas and materials. His writing provides information and background on traditional instruments such as tumbao, quinto, palito, congas, shekeres, kettle drums, udu, berimau, cowbells, t’ao ku, and more, and includes construction notes on his own modifications. | ||
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| + | ===The Dolceola; The World’s Smallest Grand Piano=== | ||
| + | Andy Cohen. 6+ pages; 5 pictures; 1 diagram.\\ | ||
| + | The dolceola is a miniature acoustic keyboard instrument modeled after a piano that was produced in Toledo, OH at the beginning of the 20th century. This article is a collection of historical facts, speculation and information gleaned from the observation of still existing dolceolas, all of which are the results of the author’s 25 years of researching the instrument. \\ | ||
| + | [Washington Philips; blues; key action; tuning systems]\\ | ||
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| + | ===The New Sax Fingering System=== | ||
| + | Jim Schmidt. 3 pages; 6 pictures; 3 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | Using his experience in engineering and machining, the author has redesigned the fingering system for the saxophone. This new system is arranged so that each successive chromatic note lies under each successive finger. Thus, fingering and transposing are simplified and extraneous hardware is eliminated. \\ | ||
| + | [Boehm fingering system] | ||
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| + | ===Paul Panhuysen’s Long String Installations=== | ||
| + | René van Peer. 8 pages; 10 pictures; 2 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author reports on the world of long string instruments that Paul Panhuysen has developed in roughly 300 installations over more than 15 years. From interviews and his own observations, | ||
| + | [Pythagoras] | ||
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| + | ===Laudable Launeddas and Other Reedy Folk=== | ||
| + | Robin Goodfellow. 4+ pages; 14 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | This article is the seventh of the author’s series on instruments for children to build. She presents the interesting and comical lore of the launeddas, which is a reed instrument from the Italian island of Sardinia. Then she gives instructions on making a similar idioglot instrument out of soda straws. | ||
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| + | ===Aeolian-Bow Kites in China=== | ||
| + | Mitchell Clark. 4 pages; 2 pictures; 1 drawing.\\ | ||
| + | This article presents some history and examines the language related to Chinese Aeolian-bow kites. \\ | ||
| + | [organology] | ||
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| + | ===Making a Fengqin=== | ||
| + | Wang Qinian, Wu Guanghui and Yu Jiming. Translated by Mitchell Clark and Rene Yung. 1+ pages; 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | This is a counterpart to the above article describing how to make an Aeolian-bow to add to a kite.\\ | ||
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| + | ===The Homemade Clements Plywood Centennial Augustus Stroh Violin=== | ||
| + | Cary Clements. 5 pages; 12 pictures; 4 drawings.\\ | ||
| + | The author opens with some brief history of the Stroh violin and then guides the reader through the process of building his own copy. | ||
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| + | ===Deeper into Fleshtone; Sound Energy within the Human Body=== | ||
| + | Monte Thrasher.\\ | ||
| + | This is the second article in a series that began in ExMI September 1998 Volume 14 #1. The author unveils further thoughts and inventions related to the human experience of infrasound and tactile sound or fleshtone. The author’s fantasies mingle with devices such as the Bonefone, audiotac, Holophonic recording and much more. \\ | ||
| + | [sound sculpture; sirens; acoustics; patents.] | ||
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| + | ===Bamboo and Music, Part 2=== | ||
| + | Richard Waters. 4 pages; 3 pictures.\\ | ||
| + | This is the second part of an article in EMI December 1998. The author looks at some different species of bamboo and their properties and uses. Then he explains various methods for preserving, curing and working with bamboo. \\ | ||
| + | [wind instruments; | ||
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