EXOTIC INSTRUMENTS
To play the Kayagum, one sits cross-legged on the floor with the right end of the instrument on the lap. Fingers and thumb of the right hand pluck the strings; the left hand presses on the strings (beyond the moveable bridges) to create the combination of pitch change and vibrato so distinctive to Korean music. The Kayagum is featured on the Morning Calm album.
David Haddock has this to say about his use of the Stick in David's music...
"One of the interesting things about the Stick is that there is not alot of
tradition behind it. The twenty five years or so that it has been around doesn't
really constitute a tradition, so consequently, players of this instrument are
not hindered by the constraints of tradition, but then neither do they have the
same wealth of material and influences to draw from that players of more
traditional instruments have. But to look on the positive side of things, the
Stick really is limitless in its application to modern music, or in a more
adventurous traditional setting.
I have owned a Stick for many years, but for too many of those years it has been
in the closet. Mainly for personal reasons of time, I have been unable to do
justice to the instrument itself. Nevertheless, I have used it on recordings
with David Essig, and took it on the 1997 David Essig Trio tour of Italy. Dennis
Pendrith was the bass player for those few weeks, so I used the Stick as a
one-handed melodic and rhythmic accompaniment to some of David's songs, and I
served as guitar player and singer as well." - David Haddock The Stick is featured on the Tremble and Weep album |
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