He actually is playing a fiddle. But as I mentioned above, it sounds a lot like a violin.
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Best use of violins in non-classical music
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He actually is playing a fiddle. But as I mentioned above, it sounds a lot like a violin.
The new Steve Vai has a lot of violins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgObLPOUPVA
Mahavishnu Orchestra has a violin player and that is some great jazz/fusion/rock.
The is a metal band named Ram-Zet that has a violin player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgObLPOUPVA
Mahavishnu Orchestra has a violin player and that is some great jazz/fusion/rock.
The is a metal band named Ram-Zet that has a violin player.
Yes! No Quater is a great album. The strings gives their music a fantasticly manic quality.
I was wondering when someone would mention Laurie Anderson.
From that album though I think Washington Street is a better example of her violin playing…
The strings are nice on No Quarter, but it was the hurdy gurdy that really did the trick for me. I saw them on tour for that album, and the hurdy gurdy player got a solo.
Yngwie Malmsteen actually did 3 albums with strings:
Fire and Ice, which included an orchestrial accompaniment on How Many Miles to Babylon.
He also worked with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in 1998, and did the entire thing live with the New Japan Philharmonic in 2000 (released as a DVD).
The Scorpions did their 25th anniversary album with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as well.
You also have Apocalyptica, who started out with their first album being all Metallica songs for a 4 string quartet.
Then, of course, there is Bond, though that's getting back to more classical.
BL.
Fire and Ice, which included an orchestrial accompaniment on How Many Miles to Babylon.
He also worked with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in 1998, and did the entire thing live with the New Japan Philharmonic in 2000 (released as a DVD).
The Scorpions did their 25th anniversary album with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as well.
You also have Apocalyptica, who started out with their first album being all Metallica songs for a 4 string quartet.
Then, of course, there is Bond, though that's getting back to more classical.
BL.
Thank you for that. Absolutely brilliant performances. Just downloaded them from youtube.
Outside: To Forgive But Not Forget (Lim' Chol V'lo Lishkoach) has been kicking around in my library for years. Its a bit jazzy and been attributed to Aphex Twin, which may have some justification, but regardless...a pretty cool violin lick.
