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onehappyprick
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:21:50
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I remember reading (quite a while ago) a discussion about piano in Pixies and FB songs.
I just noticed for the first time piano in the chorus of Monkey Gone to Heaven, not playing chords, just the notes C# and D over and over.
You have all probably seen it, but I thought I'd post it for sake of argument.
"Goodnight Kim", "Goodnight Charles", "Goodnight Kim", "Goodnight Charles", "Goodnight Joe".... "Goodnight Charles" |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:25:30
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I always thought that was the strings being plucked behind the neck or bridge on a violin. Don't violins have neck/bridge parts like that?!
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:30:35
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edit: sorry carl, i'm just about to repeat what you said.
Do you think it's a real piano or toy one, though? i also remember reading (quite a while ago, too) it can be recreated by playing the D and G strings behind the nut. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:33:04
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Sounds like toy piano to me. But nothing is mentioned in the liner notes.
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:42:04
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| Well one thing we do know is it's definately not the Hangwire "frog" |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:42:48
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 Hahaha!!
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2006 : 10:49:09
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"...this mon-key's gone to hea-ven, brrrraaaarp!" |
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mcil
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 11:07:33
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does it not depend what kind of guitar you have to be able to play it behind the nut?? for example, the length of string behind the nut of say a gibson neck is shorter than a fender one
"Your Bone's Got a Little Machine..." |
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 11:20:26
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| If it is the G and D string, then in both cases (fender/gibson), looking at how the pegs are aligned on the headstocks, there's plenty spare to be plucking. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 12:22:59
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Maybe it's the Doolittle monkey playing it!!
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 13:21:21
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isn't that chim-chim before he met Kurt? He looks happy there tinkling on the old ivories.
look at him here...
...looks like he could seriously do with a dose of smarties. |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 13:33:08
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quote:
Originally posted by fbc
Well one thing we do know is it's definately not the Hangwire "frog"
I've started thinking that this sounds more like a duck now. It sounds like a "quack".
"The arc of triumph" |
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2006 : 13:35:02
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| the madness continues... |
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mcil
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/13/2006 : 08:10:38
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If it is the G and D string, then in both cases (fender/gibson), looking at how the pegs are aligned on the headstocks, there's plenty spare to be plucking.
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what I mean is the length of string behind the nut in each case is different, so does it not make a different sound??
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/13/2006 : 09:06:38
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Yeah, I suppose it would make a different sound, but the strings are so taut that far up the guitar. Whether this is a factor to, I don't know. Nothing a bit of trial and error can't sort out.
All this nuts talk has given me the perfect excuse to post two of the coolest headstocks ever.
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Suicide_Samurai
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/14/2006 : 00:20:53
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| Fender headstocks have those little screw thingys that effectively shorten the length of the post-nut string to a similar length of a gibson anyway. I’m sure not too many people will lose sleep over the centimetres of difference. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/14/2006 : 11:27:52
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Sounds like a penis envy thing. ;)
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I'm sure this will have been mentioned before
