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Re: Tapping into your musical/improvisational ideas and skills for my classroom!
> Other thoughts I had were using PVC pipe to make instruments
> including a didgeridoo using beeswax for the mouth piece. http://
> www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Didgeridoo-out-of-PVC-Pipe Experiment with
> drones and ostinato.
I fondly remember when Texas musician and innovator Steve Marsh
performed with 2 other performers in my record store / art gallery
back in Dallas in the late 80s. Steve played a "modified" electric
guitar, but also performed on an instrument of his own creation which
was a full length, hollow body DOOR that he had built / attached some
over sized string frets on, and had pick ups installed on the thing.
He both strummed it and also played like a dulcimer,
and even used it as a percussion instrument. And the other 2
performers? One of them played a standard, non-modified electric bass
(and played it damned GOOD too!) and the drummer / percussionist
performed only on a few 5 gallon plastic water bottles, and a small
BUTANE TANK.
Their set was GREAT! Those were the days...
But, can ya just imagine a BUNCH of different types of those custom
built "door instruments" all gathered together as an ensemble?
I guess it could be called a "DOORCHESTRA"! Har! Hey! Why not...!?
-Rev. Fever
Portland, OR