bellowbelle Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I put this file in my blog and figured I'll stick it here, too. Just a 30-second-ish freeform improvisation in the key of C -- my concertina and my foot bass. Bob Snopes at The Button Box recently fixed a broken reed on my foot bass -- the G. (Yay! So glad there's Bob! -- and Judy, too! ). I still need to get a repair done on the foot bass, but I can play in keys that don't require the reed still needing to be fixed. Exactly how I came to need these repairs isn't clear, but... stuff happens, I guess. FootBass_EC052808.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_boveri Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 o my! it is absolutely wonderful. i had lived my life so far without foot-bass lust, but no more. thank you for sharing the music, and spreading the obsession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooves Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 o my! it is absolutely wonderful. i had lived my life so far without foot-bass lust, but no more. thank you for sharing the music, and spreading the obsession. they are quite inticing, much like a drunken pink elephant trampeling about. Good stuff! I want to build a similiar device but without concertina type reeds, instead with bagpipe chanters and drones, then again there is the less enchanting techno-solution. Still would bea great bit of fun and could not be all that difficult to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtimer Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I put this file in my blog and figured I'll stick it here, too. Just a 30-second-ish freeform improvisation in the key of C -- my concertina and my foot bass. Well, I always thought of the concertina as a kind of organ -- and you proved it! The very idea, playing notes with your feet What would JS Bach say I'm impressed by the quick speech of the deep reeds, and also by your long, sustained notes. You're getting pretty good at that beast! Bob Snopes at The Button Box recently fixed a broken reed on my foot bass -- the G. (Yay! So glad there's Bob! -- and Judy, too! ). Ain't that the truth! These folks are great. Exactly how I came to need these repairs isn't clear, but... stuff happens, I guess.FootBass_EC052808.mp3 Things just break now and then. --Mike K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Hi It sounds interesting- what does it look like??? chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 HiIt sounds interesting- what does it look like??? chris The best photos, information and sound files for a foot bass are at Harry Geuns' website. Here's a pic of my own foot bass (made by Harry Geuns), shown with my concertina: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Hi thank you. Looks like you get some 'keep fit' benefits as well keep 'pumping' chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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