{"id":932,"date":"2008-05-11T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=932"},"modified":"2014-03-06T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T19:27:04","slug":"gliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"Gliss"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 5 years ago I happened upon a Glissentar

in a music store where I ummmm just happened to be (happens a lot…) and didn’t resist. For those unfamiliar with the instrument, it’s sort of a baritone oud (in terms of its string setup, with 5 unison pairs and a single bass string), fretless, with piezo pickup. I haven’t really tamed it to my purposes, for reasons that I don’t quite understand, and a couple of days ago I came close to deciding to sell it (not<\/i> something I am in the habit of doing with instruments –I buy<\/i> them, and have<\/i> them). I’ve reconsidered that rash decision, and now I’m thinking about new departures I might assay instead. Since my chequered musical career has been almost entirely acoustic, I’m pretty clueless about what happens and could<\/i> happen when an instrument is plugged in, but I guess it’s not too late to learn. I’ve found several YouTubish bits that suggest possible directions starting with Robert Godin himself talking about the glissentar:<\/p>\n

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But how can a player actually use<\/i> the instrument? It’s interesting to see Michael Vick’s guitaristic approach, but it’s not what I want to do myself:
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I’m more attracted to Fatih Ahiskali’s approach to the instrument as a variety of oud, and his chops are pretty impressive (he uses both the traditional oud plectrum and an idiosyncratic finger style):
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and this, where he ventures into classical guitar repertoire:
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and THIS one is really spectacular:
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I also found some worthwhile bits on setup and string alternatives<\/a> (n.b. Savarez Alliance<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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