aeolian harp

This is an experiment and a rehearsal of sorts. An experiment to compare recording the aeolian harp acoustically and magnetically through guitar pick-ups (right and left channels respectively). A rehearsal to develop bowing technique for the n

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Gentle sort of pulsing, shame about the mp3 artefacts

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Some ambience from outside my home this morning

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This is a bit different. There's been a bit of wind and the wires quickly hit the higher notes. So I tried a bit of hands-on manipulation and found I could mute or create different harmonics and tones

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The wires singing as a thunderstorm approaches

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The first 6:40mins are sweet, a soothing pulsing. Amongst the nicest sounds I've heard on the wires. Then there's a little glitch as I disengaged the Pad and it starts to build up again.

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Good example of the wires swelling to a pulsing fury and then easing back again. A highlight is the freaky sounding gallahs!

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The rain provides a nice effect, you can hear it hitting the wires and the polystyrene amplifier

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Not much to recommend this recording except as a counterpoint to the others. This is the sound of the wires at their utmost humming from a westerly wind at sunset. (Usually the best sounds come when the wind is from the east or northeast.)

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This remix was an attempt to recreate the song the wires play at dawn, using samples of the wires and other sources with a healthy helping of Ohmboyz delay

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