(English) Song of the Day, Mar 28, 2006
Song: Octavarium (napster)
Album: Octavarium
Artist: Dream Theatre
Recently was at a Dream Theatre concert (which was really good). For those who have not heard of Dream Theatre -- they call themselves as theatrical heavy metal. One of their best compositions is "A Change of Seasons", considered by many as the best orchestration by a heavy metal band.
Coming back to this song, the opening part of this song (sounds like the opening of "Shine on .." Floyd) features an instrument called the Continuum Fingerboard. It has a 2-D surface on which running the finger in either direction gives a different note (on an almost continuous scale). There is also a third dimension -- pressure exerted on the surface. I thought the instrument was really cool.
Album: Octavarium
Artist: Dream Theatre
Recently was at a Dream Theatre concert (which was really good). For those who have not heard of Dream Theatre -- they call themselves as theatrical heavy metal. One of their best compositions is "A Change of Seasons", considered by many as the best orchestration by a heavy metal band.
Coming back to this song, the opening part of this song (sounds like the opening of "Shine on .." Floyd) features an instrument called the Continuum Fingerboard. It has a 2-D surface on which running the finger in either direction gives a different note (on an almost continuous scale). There is also a third dimension -- pressure exerted on the surface. I thought the instrument was really cool.
posted by 1-D aka Ashwin at 9:17 AM
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