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Friday, November 5, 2010

What the hell?

Good Friday bras!
Today I wanna talk you about a really weird instrument.
I'm referring to Circular Harp; yea, you're readin' right. I found an article on Odd Music website, but I can't find any video or song which could show me how it fucking sounds.
I post whole the article below, but the questions are: have you ever heard about this? How it sounds? Can you link me something which could enlighten me about this?
It made me mad D:

Anyway, enjoy this article:

Circular Harp


Created by David Murphy, the giant circular harp is an acoustic instrument, which looks a bit like a very large kettledrum. It contains 66 strings, strung in a complex pattern across the top.
During performance, which usually requires three people, a video camera points down at the instrument from above, and vibrations from plucked and hammered strings are fed into bowls of liquid.




This makes patterns which are projected onto a large screen, as the sound is fed into small speakers underneath in which containers of water or mercury have cameras trained on them.
The resulting images are then superimposed to make interesting visual effects.

36 comments:

  1. Wtf, I've never heard of thos before.

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  2. I wonder how many people can offer lessons with this thing.

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  3. never seen that before, thanks for something new.

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  4. @forisban: me neither

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  5. that is the most badass instrument i have ever seen in my entire life

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  6. I've never seen or even heard of a circular harp. Now I need to go and find a video of someone playing one.

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  7. that looks like something from INCEPTION

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  8. never heard of that b4, pretty cool!

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  9. Thats's a crazy looking instrument. I wish we make new ones still.

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  10. Never knew about this instrument it looks very difficult to play

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  11. That's awesome, like something out of a Medieval film or videogame or something.

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  12. looks more like a dream catcher to me.

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  13. Wat. The strings make movies? weird. Also, How the hell do you know what to do with so many strings?!!?!

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  14. How is that in any way shape or form a harp? lol

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  15. I showed my friends your post and they enjoyed it! Keep them coming!

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  16. woah never seen one of these before... maybe next post with a video of someone playing one?

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