Does anyone here play a music instrument?

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 6th, 2007, 11:09 pm

Lately I've noticed that the string instruments in my Jazz band are a bit abnormal. Theres a 5 string bass and a 7 string guitar!

orikai · Post by **orikai** » February 7th, 2007, 12:58 am

theres also 12 string guitars i think(pretty sure)

Post by **Daydreamer** » February 7th, 2007, 11:00 am

Basses and guitars with non-standard string number are actually quite common.
About the 12 string guitar, that's actually just a 6-string but for each normal string there are two strings next to each other.

orikai · Post by **orikai** » February 7th, 2007, 5:31 pm

yea i know, thats kinda what i meant but there are still 12 strings

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 7th, 2007, 9:23 pm

Wow, 12 strings... I'd call that a double guitar

Post by **Daydreamer** » February 8th, 2007, 8:28 am

I'd call that here a double guitar

Jimmy Page is awesome, btw.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 8th, 2007, 11:10 am

True, but I thought that was called something else...

Tjips · Post by **Tjips** » February 9th, 2007, 12:03 pm

I play the guitar. I prefer picking over strumming (i.e. Nothing else matters cinda picking) but love playing songs like American pie and Lightning crashes.

The 12 string thing mainly serves to deliver a rounder, beter sound. If I'm not mistaken each pair is tuned to the same note. My friend is really good, but not into origami.

~folder~of~paper~ · February 11th, 2007, 12:43 am

I find finger picking the most interesting way to play guitar.
We found a creepy instrument in my mum's boyfriends attic. It's like a 14 stringed mandolin. I think you open tune it and lay your finger barred accross the frets. It has the most amazing pick guard.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 11th, 2007, 2:13 am

Do you have a picture of it (or something like it)? Sounds interesting.

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » February 11th, 2007, 3:51 am

Welcome Daydreamer, the Bhuddha!

~folder~of~paper~ · February 12th, 2007, 6:07 am

I don't, sorry...

I'll try and take one soon.

Watusa · Post by **Watusa** » February 21st, 2007, 1:21 pm

Tjips wrote: The 12 string thing mainly serves to deliver a rounder, beter sound. If I'm not mistaken each pair is tuned to the same note. My friend is really good, but not into origami.

Usually on a 12-string, the extra 6 strings are much thinner, and tuned an octave higher. So when you fret the main string, you end up fretting the sympathetic string too. It sounds a bit like a chorus effect. However, there are tons of fretted instruments out there. Mandolins and variations thereupon can have sympathetic strings in unison, or tuned to a third or fifth up, or whatever. The sitar has sympathetic strings too, that's partly what gives it the slightly eerie tone

As for me, i've been playing clarinet for 9 or so years.. I don't play in any ensembles, unfortunately.

~folder~of~paper~ · February 23rd, 2007, 6:59 am

At my school, It's compulsary for ALL music students to be in an ensemble. Kinda hard when my main focus is guitar. :s A non-ensemble instrument.
In my homeroom there are about 6 guitarists. We're thinking about starting a band to compensate...

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 23rd, 2007, 11:49 am

Wow, we could make an origami band

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