Re: [pianotech] OT: I know it's not a piano...There's an instrument called the Chapman stick, which is played similarly --- you "hammer on" the notes by slapping the strings onto the fingerboard. It has electric pickups and the force of hammering is plenty to cause the strings to vibrate. --David Nereson, RPT --- Original Message ----- From: Jon Page To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: I know it's not a piano... > From some early guitar lessons, I think this is called "hammering on". I'd have to see it live to believe it, especially on the passages he was playing... with no discernable deflection of the neck. A quick light touch does not produce a plucked or hammered effect nor the embellishments which do not correspond to finger movements. I'm not a guitarist but the sound I hear does not jive with the video. But that live Inauguration Day Performance went without a glitch, din'it? -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090214/b8e98878/attachment.html>
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