Plectrum™ | demos

 

1-Minute Demos: Solo Plectrum, played live
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Introduction. Plectrum Instrument: Struck Strings: Piano Dulcimer 4 raw 3-way. The "farm piano" played with a silver spoon.

 

Tap Jam. Plectrum Instrument: Struck Strings: Taps, Metals, GenPad. One of the three-layer instruments in Plectrum. Variable finger tap studio piano, with variable silver collisions as transient layer, with synth pad behind.

 

Musicbox. Plectrum Instrument: Metals: Simple Musicbox. Hand-held music box coupled to the piano soundboard, dampers up.

 

Magic Touch Dulcimer. Plectrum Instrument: Struck Strings: Magic Touch Piano Dulcimer. "Farm piano" struck with silver spoon, layered with acoustic guitar harmonics.

 

Ye Merry Gentlemen. Plectrum Instrument: Plucked Strings: Plucked Harpgrand & Halo. Plucked piano strings with handheld music box layered.

 

CeramaGroove. Plectrum Instrument: Glass: Ceramaglass. Variable glass vessels layered with variable ceramic vessels.

 

12-Bars of the Blues Form. Plectrum Instrument: Metals: Mbira & Mixed Metals. Homemade mbira layered with mixed metal collisions.

 

Some multi-track Plectrum works in progress

 

Eastern Habitats. Plucked string plus habitats.

 

Metal Scales. Mixed Metallurgy, with thrown objects.

 

Spiral Groove. Plucked String and found bells.

 

Clock Time. Mixed Struck, Strummed, and Plucked Strings

 

More demos on the way!