gcoover Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) ...then here's a challenge to all the big duet players out there: http://youtu.be/pTWf122wHkw Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", as played by Benny from the Axis of Awesome. Unbelievable! Edited January 15, 2014 by gcoover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinningwoman Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 If only those mouthpiece extensions didn't look so much like surgical appliances! But amazing playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 And a duet concertina player has an endless supply of air, and two hands, so it should be twice as easy, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Does nobody anchor the Melodica and play it with two hands ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinningwoman Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Does nobody anchor the Melodica and play it with two hands ? I had always assumed that was the point of the long mouthpiece, but I guess not. I haven't played one since school and I don't remember any tube mouthpieces then, so playing one handed was a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I've seen it played on stage with the melodica on a table. I think she played with both hands, though I couldn't swear to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Wilson Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What a challenge, but I'm not sure there's anyone up to it. To start with it's a song, it needs to be sung to convey the meaning. The video uses captions in an attempt to do this but falls a bit flat. With big duet accompaniment and sung it would be or could be something special in concertina circles but this is a big classic rock song. A big ask. Would be good if someone could. I await with dubious expectation. Surprise me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth, but there's nothing stopping a concertina player. Might be hard to do the Freddie Mercury strutting and prancing, though. And yes, t'would be an awesome showstopper if someone could pull it off. If the old musical hall guys were still around, they'd be all over it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ...then here's a challenge to all the big duet players out there: http://youtu.be/pTWf122wHkw Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", as played by Benny from the Axis of Awesome. Unbelievable! Why "big duet players"? If he can do that with just one hand, it should be "ideal" for an English. It looks like his keyboard even has the same G below middle C as its lowest note. If I only had more time, I'd transcribe his arrangement and try it myself. Maybe some day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth... So how about adding a bag and bellows to the melodica? It works for Irish and Northumbrian pipers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Tune of the month for February? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinningwoman Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth... So how about adding a bag and bellows to the melodica? It works for Irish and Northumbrian pipers. I remember seeing a youtube in which someone had hooked one up to a big plastic bag of air which they squeezed between their knees, a bit like a Spacehopper. I don't remember if there was any way of refilling it or if your duration was limited by the bag size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) I remember seeing a youtube in which someone had hooked one up to a big plastic bag of air which they squeezed between their knees, a bit like a Spacehopper. I don't remember if there was any way of refilling it or if your duration was limited by the bag size. this is not a melodica, but you can see the air (bag?) diminishing as the melody progresses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Ik3Mgm828 From the late Derek Smith RIP Edited January 18, 2014 by John Wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Łukasz Martynowicz Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Tune of the month for February? Great idea:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdormire Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth... So how about adding a bag and bellows to the melodica? It works for Irish and Northumbrian pipers. I almost tried something similar with a melodica and a blue plastic foot bellows that I had found at a yardsale. Now I am wondering if I kept that bellows or did I throw it out this summer during the move. The melodicas I still have. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I was setting up camp at Ashokan once, blowing up my air mattress with a blue plastic foot bellows while passing the time playing my concertina. Then it occurred to me there should be a way to run a hose from here to there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth... So how about adding a bag and bellows to the melodica? It works for Irish and Northumbrian pipers. I almost tried something similar with a melodica and a blue plastic foot bellows that I had found at a yardsale. Now I am wondering if I kept that bellows or did I throw it out this summer during the move. The melodicas I still have. A friend who travelled in the Balkans once told me of an old gajda (bagpipe) player who started using such a foot pump to inflate his bag after he no longer had the lung power to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I was setting up camp at Ashokan once, blowing up my air mattress with a blue plastic foot bellows while passing the time playing my concertina. Then it occurred to me there should be a way to run a hose from here to there... From the foot pump to the concertina... or from the concertina to the air mattress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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