Post by Michael Messer on Jun 11, 2018 17:18:09 GMT
Pete, we do sometimes use the iTabla Pro's tampura sound, but when we recorded the album I couldn't stand it, so we used a Hammond B3 & Leslie speaker. With the right keys taped down it was more real sounding than anything an iPhone could give us. I sometimes create a type of tampura sound on the wound strings with a slide. I am considering the idea of real tampura players for certain performances. So few people do it any more, even the top Indian classical players use iTabla Pro. It eats less, but it is not as good.
I do practice with iTabla Pro, but I see that more as a drum machine than a looper pedal.
For those who don't know what a tampura is....
The tanpura (तानपूरा; or tambura, tanpuri) is a long-necked plucked string instrument found in various forms in Indian music. It does not play melody but rather supports and sustains the melody of another instrument or singer by providing a continuous harmonic bourdon or drone. A tanpura is not played in rhythm with the soloist or percussionist: as the precise timing of plucking a cycle of four strings in a continuous loop is a determinant factor in the resultant sound, it is played unchangingly during the complete performance. The repeated cycle of plucking all strings creates the sonic canvas on which the melody of the raga is drawn. The combined sound of all strings, each string a fundamental tone with its own spectrum of overtones, is a rich and vibrant, dynamic-yet-static tone-conglomerate, due to interactive harmonic resonances that will support and blend with the external tones sung or played by the soloist.
The name of the instrument derives from Persian تنبور (pr. tanbūr) where it designates a group of long necked lutes (see tanbur). Hindustani musicians favour the term 'tanpura' whereas Carnatic musicians say 'tambura'; 'tanpuri' is a smaller variant sometimes used for accompanying instrumental soloists.
This is great....
I practice with the iTabla Pro tampura a lot. I find it an excellent tool for holding the key in my ears while playing. It stops me using a clip on tuner too, because I find myself tuning to it, rather than using a tuner.
Shine On
Michael
I do practice with iTabla Pro, but I see that more as a drum machine than a looper pedal.
For those who don't know what a tampura is....
The tanpura (तानपूरा; or tambura, tanpuri) is a long-necked plucked string instrument found in various forms in Indian music. It does not play melody but rather supports and sustains the melody of another instrument or singer by providing a continuous harmonic bourdon or drone. A tanpura is not played in rhythm with the soloist or percussionist: as the precise timing of plucking a cycle of four strings in a continuous loop is a determinant factor in the resultant sound, it is played unchangingly during the complete performance. The repeated cycle of plucking all strings creates the sonic canvas on which the melody of the raga is drawn. The combined sound of all strings, each string a fundamental tone with its own spectrum of overtones, is a rich and vibrant, dynamic-yet-static tone-conglomerate, due to interactive harmonic resonances that will support and blend with the external tones sung or played by the soloist.
The name of the instrument derives from Persian تنبور (pr. tanbūr) where it designates a group of long necked lutes (see tanbur). Hindustani musicians favour the term 'tanpura' whereas Carnatic musicians say 'tambura'; 'tanpuri' is a smaller variant sometimes used for accompanying instrumental soloists.
This is great....
I practice with the iTabla Pro tampura a lot. I find it an excellent tool for holding the key in my ears while playing. It stops me using a clip on tuner too, because I find myself tuning to it, rather than using a tuner.
Shine On
Michael