Being all aboutthe chinese history and culture. There couldneverbe an insturment i love more than the Yangqin, beautful sound, capable of so much, and just simply amazing. Spring on River Qing
As an exmaple of it’s diversity, here’s an example of being used in Chinese rock style in one of my favourite game franchises Interceptor
(along with some other chinese instruments
I’m clearly obsessed with Dynasty Warriors so i’m gonna post a few of my favourite tracks. And why they are my favourite.
Ambition To Takeover Is simply a wonderful piece, dark but beautifully made. But the chorus, it takes your breath away. Wonderful build up guitar in the bridge. But that chorus, Wonderful rhythm, and then it adds a guitar, then adds ANOTHER guitar. To stunning effect.
To explain my next one i have to post this Wei Overture
that’s the main theme for this force. This next song is their last battle. Basically it changes that overture and makes it so epic, thus the name. Epic Man
Can you say no to that? Look Back On Your Way
This is from one of the credits. It’s just a beautiful piece. Despite it’s rock style it’s so mellow.
I’ve been playing the guitar since I was about 12, and instrumental music has always been one of my favorite sorts, even before I ever touched a guitar. Still, a lot of the instrumentals I listen to tend to be guitar-oriented. I’m sure I could put together a more detailed list at another time, but here are a few artists and their songs that I love, and that some of you might like:
Erik Mongrain - A guitarist from Canada. When I first saw this video of him performing his song PercusienFa, it blew me away…I think in the distant past I may have shared it on this forum, too. And another favorite of mine from his repertoire is Fusions. Technically a much simpler song, but he gets a lovely beat and some really great chords out of his instrument here.
Steve Vai - What guitar player hasn’t been into Steve Vai’s music at some point? This is one of my favorites, and I love this version. In fact, I like live music in general. It just has such a neat sound to it…I think it sounds more real somehow…more alive, than something that’s done in a studio. It’s the way music was meant to be experienced.
…I’m sure that I can find more than this, however, once I look through the playlist on my mp3 player
Sorry I haven’t checked these songs, I’m just poking in quickly to post this one. Saltarello by Dance Can Dance. I mean come on, a folk dance song. It’s too epic to not post here. Someone posted it so we could dance to and say farewell to each other at PDC, and I wanted to share it here.
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I also love the musical saw. I tried to play on one of my grandfathers saws, but it didn’t work out well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1155hC7vms
One day I start learning this.
Then there is the Txalaparta, a traditional basque instrument, always played by two players. youtube.com/watch?v=i2B9ddL21LU
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Also, most of these songs are not what you might call mainstream. Some of these songs do not utilise traditional instruments. Most of the songs are instrumental. These songs fall into different genre categories.
I found this group sticking out a lot with their music, I have never heard of a metal band using bagpipe as an instrument and the results sound interesting unfortunately I did not find a video from their recent plays, since the band has added new members.