Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 Sometimes I'd like to take a lead break on something other than my rhythm instrument (piano or guitar). Here are two possibles: 1) whistling [video=youtube;ARkn2niw-Jw] 2) scatting (break starts at about 1:25) [video=youtube;eL6v12ShZE8] HJuom-_aH Not sure about tap dancing. (starts about 2: 00) [video=youtube;3efj8pulaEI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted February 15, 2018 Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 I find harmonica pretty easy or at least easy enough to be good enough. But I have thought of breaking out the spoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 15, 2018 Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 I scat - albeit in strange alien phonemes. Melodica is good too. I used a long surgical tube so I could play it flat on top of the keyboard; none of this in performance. For that I stick to drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 There's always kazoo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 There's always kazoo... Never, ever. Seriously, ***NEVER*** play Kazoo in public if you value your musical life. I know this from bitter experience. I was accompanying/duoing with an excellent but aged (my age, now) singer and I hoped to get her to take some of the breaks, so I gave her a gold-plated kazoo for her birthday. She was a quick study and quickly became the best horn player in town. But people were horrified and embarrassed, thought she had lost her marbles, and it ruined her stage creds. I think kazoo is cool, though I need both hands to play it properly. And if I ever need to ruin my reputation as a musician and a sane human being, I'll take one out on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 But I have thought of breaking out the spoons. Ah, musical spoons. Mastering the musical spoons is as simple as learning to put them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 I like that phrase: "easy enough to be good enough." Important concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 Do you ever do that scatty rap mouth noises thing? (I suspect there's a name for it.) Like [video=youtube;3l9MXwPVcAI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members kbeaumont Posted February 15, 2018 Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 Cowbell easy to find them. I had got one from a farmer who found it in his barn. Took the clanger out and wrapped it with a little bit of electrical tape. Who needs a Kazoo when you can use a comb and wax paper. My Grandfather taught me that one when I was about 5 (1964)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Telecruiser Posted February 15, 2018 Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 There's always kazoo... Kazoo is a gateway instrument. First it's kazoo, then banjo and then ACCORDION!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2018 And if you have braces on your teeth, you only need the wax paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 16, 2018 Members Share Posted February 16, 2018 Beat box? Nah. Real pitches and (kopff) melody. This is serious stuff. First you imitate guitar and then synths and sax and before you know it you have destroyed all your enunciation just to get to the notes. Forget looks and presence - unless you were homely to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Voltan Posted February 17, 2018 Members Share Posted February 17, 2018 luckily, ive never entertained that sanity nonsense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted February 18, 2018 Members Share Posted February 18, 2018 Nose trumpet. I've heard a guy do this. Hands to his face, fingers on his nose, mic in his mouth, and he sounded much like a muted trumpet. Of course, you still have to take your hands to work. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2018 Nose trumpet. I've heard a guy do this. Hands to his face, fingers on his nose, mic in his mouth, and he sounded much like a muted trumpet. Of course, you still have to take your hands to work. Notes the masters of all time: [video=youtube;awhhQOr_Mq8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 27, 2018 Author Members Share Posted February 27, 2018 I just spent ten minutes looking for a *good* tutorial on clapping -- how to get a strong pleasing clap sound for clapping with music. Couldn't find one! Found how clap fast, how to clap on 2 and 4 and a lot of junk. Help me !!!! (please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2018 cup your hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted March 3, 2018 Members Share Posted March 3, 2018 I was in Spain for a month, and the people in Andalusia can teach you a lot about hand clapping!!! Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2018 'weightless lead'...only in space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2018 During this tour, the cover for the band's debut album met with controversy. At a 28 February 1970 performance in Copenhagen, the band was billed as "The Nobs" as the result of a threat of legal action from aristocrat Frau Eva von Zeppelin, descendent of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin creator of the Zeppelin aircraft, over use of the 'Zeppelin' name.[1] Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page commented to the music newspaper Melody Maker that Frau Eva von Zeppelin initially took issue during an early Led Zeppelin concert performance in Copenhagen in October 1969, when she tried (unsuccessfully) to stop a television appearance. The aristocrat angrily described the group as "shrieking monkeys".[2] As a gesture of good will, the band invited her to meet with them at a television studio. The meeting was apparently a cordial one.[2] However, upon leaving the studio, her anger reignited when she saw the cover of the group's first album – the exploding Hindenburg aircraft. As Page recalled: When she saw the cover she just exploded! I had to run and hide. She just blew her top.[2] Frau von Zeppelin felt the band's use of Zeppelin was insulting and dishonoured her family name. As a result, hostility toward the rock group continued on their next tour of the country in early 1970 by threat of a lawsuit, unless they agreed to change their name while working there. While Peter Grant (the band's manager) was not normally passive when faced with a confrontation, it was decided to appease the aristocrat by temporarily changing the group's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Dey Posted March 4, 2018 Members Share Posted March 4, 2018 I would think an instrument made of lead would be heavy! There's some good vids on youtube on how to play small percussion instruments. I'm thinking of getting a tambourine with the skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators davie Posted March 4, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'll occasionally use falsetto on instrumental breaks. You would using your vocal cords still, but very minimally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 5, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2018 had they been from the US, they would have just said 'talk to our legal department'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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