g_srikishan Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 What is the instrument used just after the first chorus and before the next verse?Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mahinty Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I'd say it's a mandolin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gabe32 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 What is the instrument used just after the first chorus and before the next verse?Thanks the high pitched thing? i am pretty sure that's just a guitar played high up on the neck. the ticking thing at the beginning of the song is pretty strange. i'm not sure what that is. edit: ^^ yeah, nevermind. i think you're right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicburto Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 hammered dulcimer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 yeah, it's a hammered dulcimer (this isn't a guess, it's a fact) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 yeah, it's a hammered dulcimer (this isn't a guess, it's a fact) Yeah, Kotche plays it on the track. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g_srikishan Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Thanks guys! I'm sort of new here, and I'm really impressed at how quick and accurate these responses are. Thanks again, I'm gonna have to go get a dulcimer now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkush001 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I'm gonna have to go get a dulcimer now... make sure it's a hammered dulcimer, a dulcimer is a completely different instrument. and much easier to find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ive got a dulcimer, its really fun. never heard of a hammer dulcimer though :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 dulcimer....hammered dulcimer. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 hammered dulcimer. LouieB Nice lamp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I believe there is also a hammered dulcimer that comes in for the second verse of Less than You Think. edit: Actually, according to the liner notes, there is also one used in Hummingbird and The Late Greats. huh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Wow. I always thought it was a mandolin.. Dulcimer eh? That makes Glenn just that much cooler... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 hammered dulcimer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 hammered dulcimer. Gottcha. I want one now.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 They're used a lot in Appalachian folk music, so they're common in my neck of the woods. Great sound; often used solo. You play them by hitting the strings with those sticks that look like flat wooden spoons witha bouncy motion. Looks hard to me, but I don't play anything so it all looks hard. We have a "regular" dulcimer at our house which is played more like a strummed lap guitar and sounds more like a mandolin or normal string instrument. The hammered dulcimer sounds like a tinny piano crossed with a steel drum, imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 They're used a lot in Appalachian folk music, so they're common in my neck of the woods. Great sound; often used solo. You play them by hitting the strings with those sticks that look like flat wooden spoons witha bouncy motion. Looks hard to me, but I don't play anything so it all looks hard. We have a "regular" dulcimer at our house which is played more like a strummed lap guitar and sounds more like a mandolin or normal string instrument. The hammered dulcimer sounds like a tinny piano crossed with a steel drum, imo. Yeah, I learned how to play a regular dulcimer when I was a kid. Everyone that I knew seemed to have one-- I grew in West Virginia. The hammered dulcimer is a little difficult to pick up at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to get some really cool sounds with it. Glenn also uses one on Wreckroom on the second Loose Fur album, Born Again in the USA, and several of the tracks on Mobile. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Mobile has so many great sounds inside it. We saw Glenn & Nels on their solo/duo tour, and he didn't have one with him at that time but that would have been pretty cool. The crickets were cool enough. He had some kind of little box with 3-4 plinky metal strips on it (technical, I know) that he used for the start of Mobile. Both of my parents were born & raised up near Wheeling (I think I saw where you're up there now going to school?). Kinda different up there than the rest of the state. Lots of trips when I was a kid, but haven't been there in probly 15 years. Hope the place is treating you well up there. Every now and then I get a craving for Decarlo's pizza and a visit to Jebbia's market... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 He had some kind of little box with 3-4 plinky metal strips on it (technical, I know) that he used for the start of Mobile. Pretty much akin to a thumb piano...at least that was my observation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gabe32 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 that's a cool instrument. anyone have a video of them playing it live? i have 2 live audio versions, but no video. i guess glenn uses one hand for the drums and the other for the dulcimer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hammered dulcimer is used prominently in the recent Super Furry Animals album Hey Venus, particularly on Into the Night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Both of my parents were born & raised up near Wheeling (I think I saw where you're up there now going to school?). Kinda different up there than the rest of the state. Lots of trips when I was a kid, but haven't been there in probly 15 years. Hope the place is treating you well up there. Every now and then I get a craving for Decarlo's pizza and a visit to Jebbia's market... Yeah, I've been at what is now Wheeling Jesuit University (it's also known as been Wheeling College and Wheeling Jesuit College) for the last four years, I graduate in three weeks. Both of my parents grew up around the area as well, so I've been coming up here my entire life. There's not a whole lot to do in terms of art/culture, but it's been a real nice place to spend four years. The food is great, particularly all of the pizza places-- I think DiCarlo's is probably my favorite. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 that's a cool instrument. anyone have a video of them playing it live? i have 2 live audio versions, but no video. i guess glenn uses one hand for the drums and the other for the dulcimer. I don't think I've ever seen Glenn play it live on this track, for the live versions Jeff's usually plays the dulcimer parts on an acoustic guitar. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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