The warmth and clarity of the guitar's plucked string sound allows this music to seem relaxed and complicated at the same time.
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The 16-minute work for string orchestra starts out with meowing strings that breaks off into every kind of sound that can be made with string instruments, from eerie harmonics to coarse scraping, scratching and sharp pizzicatos.
Fairly or not, Blackshaw has come to represent the "academic" side of the acoustic guitar (as opposed to the raw American Primitive sound of the late Jack Rose), so it's a surprising and somewhat ballsy move to put aside the full, resonant sound of a 12-string acoustic for the staccato feel of the electric guitar, with all the rock baggage that instrument carries.
Though that string of words may sound a bit tortured, the book remains in print.
Though that string of words may sound like an awkward stretch to find an acronym, the book remains in print.
Their rich tone and big sound have been championed by such six-string greats as Gene Autry, Eric Clapton and Elvis Costello.
Jason Graves is always at his best with his string ensembles and multiple tracks really showcase this sound.
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The Escher String Quartet's performance not only showed off its sound, but also whetted appetites for more performances in WNYC's new digs.
Their sound has been described as "symphonic rock" because they supplemented electric guitars with string arrangements, synthesizers, and lush vocals with lots of reverb and overdubbing.
His life has all the look and sound of a fully respectable intellectual activity, rather like, one feels uneasily, the life of a string theorist today.
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Benedict then celebrated Mass in the city's square, drawing huge crowds, as legions of musicians playing wind and string instruments performed during pauses in his sermon, supported by what appeared to be concert-grade sound systems.
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