[LUTE] Re: Slightly OT: what to call it?

2013-02-03 Thread Leonard Williams
Chris, Ralf, Helen and Gilbert-- Thanks for the answer, guys! I've seen the finger-tapping style performed on standard electric guitars, but I didn't know an instrument had been developed just for that technique. "The Stick": really sounds more like percussion or idiophone. regards, Leon

[LUTE] Re: Slightly OT: what to call it?

2013-02-03 Thread Helen Atkinson
Looks like a variant of the Chapman Stick to me... Helen On 3 February 2013 15:43, Christopher Stetson <[1]christophertstet...@gmail.com> wrote: Likely "Twelve-String Electric Bass". Chris. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Leonard Williams <[1][2]arc...@ve

[LUTE] Re: Slightly OT: what to call it?

2013-02-03 Thread R. Mattes
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:29:21 -0500, Leonard Williams wrote > What would one call this multi-stringed chordophone? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwZ69L6v0w Don't ask me what _i_ would call it but the maker calls it a Chapman Stick (http://www.stick.com/). Has been arround for quite some time

[LUTE] Slightly OT: what to call it?

2013-02-03 Thread Leonard Williams
What would one call this multi-stringed chordophone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwZ69L6v0w Regards, Leonard Williams To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html