Re: [oddmusic] Bowed string chord instruments?

I've used bowed mandolin a lot.

You should, in theory, be able to see a picture of me bowing a mandolin
here:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.144393028932329.19155.100000848978089&l=b56a1ab613&type=1

And here is an example song

http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=554

The bowed mandolin is in the right channel. It plays a melody line with the
occasional chord.

Chris

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Mats Öljare <oljare@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
> I've recently discovered a way of playing the ukulele with a violin bow to
> get four note chords. This is not exactly the most original idea ever, but
> i'm thinking about how this "instrument" could be improved to be more
> suitable for this kind of playing. This got me wondering, what kind of
> historical precedent is there for bowed string instruments made for playing
> chords of three or more notes at a time?
>
> I know of the technique for playing four note chords on violin by
> unscrewing the bow and wrapping it around the entire body, but that is of
> course not a purpose made instrument, but i'm pretty sure with all the
> experimentation that has gone on, in the Renaissance and Baroque especially,
> with weird bowed instruments, there must have been one made for playing
> chords at some point!
>
> Tuning and scale length is not really an issue now, but i would be going
> with the same re-entrant fifths tuning i'm using on the ukuleles for now,
> and four strings is probably the best choice as well. The biggest question
> is what kind of playing position would be the ultimate for this, as the
> bowing technique required is rather different from that of conventional,
> melody oriented fiddle playing. And i'm pretty sure it should be a fretted
> instrument.
>
> The other main difference would be that the bridge has to be flat, but i'm
> wondering if anyone has concieved of this type of instrument before. I can
> really see some use for this type of instrument already....
>
>
>

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