Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1201250134320.10934@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Cobza redux for Maria Damon
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:38:23 -0500 (EST)
Cobza redux for Maria Damon I traded back for the cobza today, and it sounds great! I'm using techniques from pipa and oud. by the way, there are a lot of traditional cobza solos and ensemble-playing on YouTube now; when I started with the instrument, there was almost nothing. cob0 is a straight recording. my cobza has ten metal strings tuned with pegs; towards the very end, you can hear one of the courses has gone out of tune. I've learned to avoid them; I finish on the other three. (here, the cobza's tuning is eee' aa dd gg; the 2nd a went out, so I ended up on eee' dd and gg. note that the tuning is 3 4ths; it's not actually tuned to eee' etc. pitch.) cob1 is recorded with highly altered echo and post-production with high hiss-elimination. I had to play slowly, in order that the harmonic 'bell-tones' come through. http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/cob0.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/cob1.mp3 playing the cobza: cobza http://www.alansondheim.org/alan1.jpg (if the files don't open properly, go to http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/776 - thanks, Alan)