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Stigmata

Piper 10 June 2014

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Piper Thu, 06/12/2014 - 21:03

Thanks Barry. It's still a work in progress but getting better and loving learning the programs. Many more videos and other musical activity to come.

Babu Sun, 06/15/2014 - 05:20

Great playing, great composition and great recording. Very beautiful !

Piper Fri, 06/20/2014 - 08:04

Thanks for taking a listen Babu. Hoping to do another video today. If not today, I'll definitely get one in the next three days.

Marie-Noëlle Mon, 06/23/2014 - 05:57

Very cool piece Professor! And I loved getting back to your "dampening world"! :o)

Piper Tue, 06/24/2014 - 06:44

Thank you Marie. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm working on the TOTM (I'll Remember April) and hope to have an opportunity to video it this week. Always a fun to to play!

Piper Mon, 06/23/2014 - 15:30

Glen,
Those bars were a special made set of polished bars and they made two sets in the early 70s (Musser). I like the polished better for one reason - mallets last longer on them. Some of the newer sets are so rough that they're like playing on sand paper and wears the yarn out if you do a lot of mallet damping. They do glair though in bright lights. What do you mean by your comment title? Do you want me to offer a clinic? I'm looking for venues so if you know of any, let me know. I'm playing at U of Arkansas in Sept.. Played at UNT a couple months ago but I'm just now booking so if you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

IndianaGlen Mon, 06/23/2014 - 17:40

Sorry for being unclear. My point was that watching your video was a 4 mallet mini-clinic. Good to know you are available for clinics too!

At the risk of a tangent from this thread, do you notice any difference in sound between the shiny and brushed bars? Have your bars been re-tuned? It may be the recording, however, they seem very clear sounding i.e. the fundamental is much stronger than the upper harmonics. I have a very old set of musser Lacquered bars (shiny) that have been re-tuned by Gilberto Serna, and they have more of a "deagany" sound to my sound to my ears and I always assumed it was because they weren't anodized.

I've heard several comments that the Yamaha bars are more mellow if they are brushed (and anodized).

Piper Tue, 06/24/2014 - 06:52

FYI: This short little piece has three time signature modulations 4/4, 6/8, 3/8 and apparently one 3/4 measure (by mistake HA!)

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Piper Thu, 06/12/2014 - 21:03

Thanks Barry. It's still a work in progress but getting better and loving learning the programs. Many more videos and other musical activity to come.

Babu Sun, 06/15/2014 - 05:20

Great playing, great composition and great recording. Very beautiful !

Piper Fri, 06/20/2014 - 08:04

Thanks for taking a listen Babu. Hoping to do another video today. If not today, I'll definitely get one in the next three days.

Marie-Noëlle Mon, 06/23/2014 - 05:57

Very cool piece Professor! And I loved getting back to your "dampening world"! :o)

Piper Tue, 06/24/2014 - 06:44

Thank you Marie. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm working on the TOTM (I'll Remember April) and hope to have an opportunity to video it this week. Always a fun to to play!

Piper Mon, 06/23/2014 - 15:30

Glen,
Those bars were a special made set of polished bars and they made two sets in the early 70s (Musser). I like the polished better for one reason - mallets last longer on them. Some of the newer sets are so rough that they're like playing on sand paper and wears the yarn out if you do a lot of mallet damping. They do glair though in bright lights. What do you mean by your comment title? Do you want me to offer a clinic? I'm looking for venues so if you know of any, let me know. I'm playing at U of Arkansas in Sept.. Played at UNT a couple months ago but I'm just now booking so if you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

IndianaGlen Mon, 06/23/2014 - 17:40

Sorry for being unclear. My point was that watching your video was a 4 mallet mini-clinic. Good to know you are available for clinics too!

At the risk of a tangent from this thread, do you notice any difference in sound between the shiny and brushed bars? Have your bars been re-tuned? It may be the recording, however, they seem very clear sounding i.e. the fundamental is much stronger than the upper harmonics. I have a very old set of musser Lacquered bars (shiny) that have been re-tuned by Gilberto Serna, and they have more of a "deagany" sound to my sound to my ears and I always assumed it was because they weren't anodized.

I've heard several comments that the Yamaha bars are more mellow if they are brushed (and anodized).

Piper Tue, 06/24/2014 - 06:52

FYI: This short little piece has three time signature modulations 4/4, 6/8, 3/8 and apparently one 3/4 measure (by mistake HA!)

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