So do harmonicas go here or with the squeezeboxes?
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So do harmonicas go here or with the squeezeboxes?
'Cause I know they're free reeds and all, but I tried to squeeze my harmonica once and that didn't go so well.
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For my money, harmonicas go with the other free reeds. By that measure, so would the sheng, though, so I don't really know. Maybe here, after all...even though its subtitle indicates free reeds as if it were a generalisation, that forum's name does indeed say "Squeezeboxes". So, yeah, post here if you like. I think I shan't have a hernia over it.
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I always find it hilarious that a mutant-water-bong-crossed-with-a-teapot (sheng) is so directly related to accordions.Nanohedron wrote:For my money, harmonicas go with the other free reeds. By that measure, so would the sheng, though, so I don't really know. Maybe here, after all...even though its subtitle indicates free reeds as if it were a generalisation, that forum's name does indeed say "Squeezeboxes". So, yeah, post here if you like. I think I shan't have a hernia over it.
The local Irish accordion guru has my sheng right now - he wants to rip it apart and put italian reeds in it. What would one call a Chinese-Italian-Irish sheng?
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>>The local Irish accordion guru has my sheng right now - he wants to rip it apart and put italian reeds in it. What would one call a Chinese-Italian-Irish sheng? <<
Being "Sheng hai-ed"??? What's so wrong with the reeds that are in there now? A friend of mine destroyed a nice Indian harmonium but trying to pull "better" steel reeds in it. Never worked the same way again!
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Being "Sheng hai-ed"??? What's so wrong with the reeds that are in there now? A friend of mine destroyed a nice Indian harmonium but trying to pull "better" steel reeds in it. Never worked the same way again!
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He just wants to play around. Maybe I'll trade the sheng for work on my Titano 12-bass. Can't afford a real box yet.ceadach wrote:>>The local Irish accordion guru has my sheng right now - he wants to rip it apart and put italian reeds in it. What would one call a Chinese-Italian-Irish sheng? <<
Being "Sheng hai-ed"??? What's so wrong with the reeds that are in there now? A friend of mine destroyed a nice Indian harmonium but trying to pull "better" steel reeds in it. Never worked the same way again!
Those box players...
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I think that unless the sheng is poor or unplayable, he should probably leave it be. Also, keep in mind that sheng reeds are typically brass or bronze. After a couple or so thousand years, there are probably good reasons for that.
But I suppose there's really nothing wrong with getting into the guts of things to see what makes 'em tick so long as you can put it all snugly back together.
But I suppose there's really nothing wrong with getting into the guts of things to see what makes 'em tick so long as you can put it all snugly back together.
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Hmmmm.... (thinkin' out loud...dangerous pasttime...)
Re and irish music afficianado trying to redo an asian instrument--
The reason may be a matter of translation. Doesn't asian music contain a lot of flat notes while Irish tends to have more sharps? To someone familiar with Irish music, an asian instrument might sound out of tune and in need of work...
Might think he's doin' you a favor.
Re and irish music afficianado trying to redo an asian instrument--
The reason may be a matter of translation. Doesn't asian music contain a lot of flat notes while Irish tends to have more sharps? To someone familiar with Irish music, an asian instrument might sound out of tune and in need of work...
Might think he's doin' you a favor.
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I think Asian music is on its own tuning/naming system. But I dunno how it's written. And I think sheng are chromatic. But again I could be wrong.CountryKitty wrote:Hmmmm.... (thinkin' out loud...dangerous pasttime...)
Re and irish music afficianado trying to redo an asian instrument--
The reason may be a matter of translation. Doesn't asian music contain a lot of flat notes while Irish tends to have more sharps? To someone familiar with Irish music, an asian instrument might sound out of tune and in need of work...
Might think he's doin' you a favor.
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That's how they work. It's both a horse-of-a-different-colour and a push-me-pull-me.StevieJ wrote:There may be a bigger problem than the tuning system. I seem to remember reading that the reeds in shengs and similar instruments sound when air flows through them in either direction, whereas accordion (and concertina) reeds only work with the air going one way.
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