Instrument
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Demonstration
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Street Organ
Played and recorded by Philippe Kaiser (France) in February 2003 on
a 27 keys Erman organ |
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(395 kB)
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Cello
Played and recorded by Andreï Jourdane (France) in December
2003
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MP3
(245 kB)
Pizzicato:
MP3
(114 kB)
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Euphonium
Played and recorded by Adrian Alexander
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MP3
(170 ko)
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Balalaika
Played and recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France)
Demonstration : Kalinka |
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MP3
(172 kB)
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Bouzouki
Played and recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France)
Demonstration : Sirtaki
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MP3
(1350 kB)
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Epinette des Vosges
(French mountain dulcimer)
Played by Paul Crayssac (France)
Recorded by Sylvain Machefert
Demonstration : Traditional song from Franche-Comté
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MP3
(1350 kB)
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Cymbalum
Played and recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France)
Two sounds :
- wood-only sticks
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Sarba Moldoveneasca" by George
Birsan (cymbalum, bass and pan flute)
- cotton-covered sticks
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Wood sticks
MP3 (369
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Cotton+wood sticks
MP3 (294
kB)
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Santur
Built by processing the cymbalum, recorded by Sylvain Machefert
(France)
Demonstration : Greek tune with santour, bouzouki and violin
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MP3
(870 kB)
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Kaval
(Bulgarian and Turkish flute)
Played by Isabelle Courroy (France) www.kaval.org/home/
Recorded by Sylvain Machefert
Demonstration: Zoricino Kolo (Serbia) : Kaval, Guitar, Bass and
Accordion
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MP3
(294 kB)
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Kantele
(Traditional Finnish instrument)
Played and recorded by Lani K. Thompson (USA) www.kantelemusic.com
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MP3
(475 kB)
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Bagpipe
Played by Vincent Tanneau (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion |
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MP3
(342 kB)
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Violin
Played Hélène Vergnes (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion & Yannick Marchegay
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MP3
(593 kB)
Pizzicato :
MP3
(251 kB)
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Bassoon
(French Bassoon)
Played by Dominique Maris (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion |
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MP3
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Piccolo
Played by Maurice Siccard (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion |
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MP3
(340 kB) |
Hurdy-Gurdy
Played by Frédéric Lasserre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion |
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(505 kB) |
Music Box
(21-blades Gueissaz music box)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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MP3
(690 kB) |
Nylon Guitar
(Spanish)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France) |
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MP3
(340 kB) |
Steel-string Guitar
(Takamine)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Letter to X" by Esmeralda
Weatherwax |
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MP3
(410 kB) |
Diatonic Harmonica
(Hohner Maesterclasse in C)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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MP3
(497 kB) |
Acoustic Bass
(Takamine)
Played and recorded by Pierre-Henri Pin (France)
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Chicken" by Jaco Pastorius
(Bass/Drum)
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MP3
(601 kB) |
Fretless Electric Bass
Played and recorded by Pierre-Henri Pin (France)
Demonstration : Bass-Drum
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MP3
(480 kB) |
Soprano Recorder
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
Demonstration : Soprano recorder, harpsichord, cello
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MP3
(348 kB) |
Zither
(Akkord)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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Glockenspiel
Instrument built using 2 velocity layers.
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Letter to X" by Esmeralda
Weatherwax |
MP3
(382 kB) |
Electric Guitar without effect
(Gibson SG)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Letter to X" by Esmeralda
Weatherwax |
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MP3
(429 ko) |
Soprano Sax
Played by Dominique Balleroy (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Government Fleet Blues" (Blues band
w/ two soprano saxophones)
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MP3
(420 kB) |
12 strings Guitar
(Norman B50-12)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Laurier Nappert (Canada)
Demonstration : Excerpt from "Letter to X" by Esmeralda
Weatherwax |
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MP3
(426 kB) |
Classical Guitar
(Hirade H8)
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Laurier Nappert (Canada)
Two different sounds for this guitar, matching two ways of
playing.
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"Soft" Sound:
MP3 (388
kB)
"Bright" sound:
MP3
(388 kB)
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Steel-string Guitar 2
Instrument built using 3 velocity layers
Played and recorded by Laurier Nappert (Canada)
Demonstration : Demonstration : Excerpt from "Letter to X" by
Esmeralda |
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MP3
(426 kB) |
Vihuela
Instrument built using 2 velocity layers
Played by Xavier de La Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Démonstration : Pavana de Alexandre, by Alonso Mudarra
(1546) |
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MP3
(581 kB) |
Bombard
(Traditional reed instrument)
Played by Franck Coadou (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration: excerpt from "An Dro", traditional breton music.
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MP3
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Pan Flute
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration: excerpt from "El Condor Pasa"
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(427 kB) |
Alto Saxophone
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Two different sounds for this instrument, matching two ways of
playing.
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"Powerful"
version
MP3
(360 kB)
"Soft" version
MP3
(360 kB)
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Charango
Played by Xavier de La Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Démonstration : Excerpt from "Dame Carnavales"
(Charango / Nylon Guitar)
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MP3
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New Orleans Banjo
Played by Patrick Vivien (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration: excerpt from "Dueling Banjo". 2 banjos, bass and
steel-stringed guitar.
Sorry, I did not find a "New Orleans" rag or jazz that include a
good banjo part, including dynamics, in order to be used as
demonstration.
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MP3
(376 kB) |
Renaissance Lute
Played by Patrick Vivien (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(565 kB) |
Concert Flute
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(593 kB)
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Quena
(Bolivian flute)
Played by Paul Crayssac (France)
Recorded by Sylvain Machefert
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(457 kB) |
Plectrum Banjo
(banjo from the 20's)
Played by Patrick Vivien (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration: Banjo, Acoustic bass and Steel-stringed Guitar
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Theorbo
Played by Patrick Vivien (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demonstration: excerpt from "Pièces de Théorbe" by
Robert de Visée, Gavotte from the "D Minor Suite" |
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MP3
(295 kB) |
Fife
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(350 ko) |
Melodica
Played and recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France) |
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MP3
(467 ko) |
Chromatic Accordion 1
Played by Jean-Luc Pontac (France)
Recorded by Yannick Marchegay
5 sounds, matching the miscellaneous combination of the instrument
stops.
In demonstration, notes of the score for Bandoneon, Full Stop and
Bassoon have been shifted up by one octave.
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Recorders
On picture, from left to right:
. Sopranino Hohner Ensemble maple 9564
. Soprano Aulos plastic
. Soprano Hohner Konzert pear tree 9504
. Alto Moeck Tuju maple 236
. Tenor Hohner Konzert pear tree 9614
. Bass Küng wood
Played and recorded by Jean-Armand Moroni (France) |
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Sopranino
MP3
(338 kB)
Soprano "Aulos"
MP3
(340 kB)
Soprano "Hohner"
MP3
(339 kB)
Alto
MP3
(302 kB)
Tenor
MP3
(258 kB)
Bass
MP3
(258 kB)
Ensemble (S-A-T-T-B)
MP3
(403 kB)
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Xaphoon
More information at www.xaphoon.com
Played and recorded by Laurier Nappert (Canada)
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"regular" sound
MP3
(373 ko)
'breathy" sound
MP3
(373 ko)
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Chromatic Accordion #2
Played and recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France)
Instruments built using 3 velocity layers
The miscellaneous registers of the instrument have been
recorded:
11 combinations for melody and chord sounds
5 combinations for bass sounds.
A demo, called "complete demo", is a full piece with bass, chords
and melody.
Bass register is "Full stop", chords are "Flute" and melody is
"Flute+piccolo".
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MP3
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Choirs Aah
Treble voices : Chor'Alban,
Choir of St-Alban (France)
http://choralban.ifrance.com
Recorded by Olivier Guillion and Yannick Marchegay
Bass voices : Choir sound,
built from MusicianDesigner's MaleVocalist sampling, through the
courtesy of musiciandesigner.com.
Recorded by David Encaoua (musiciandesigner.com)
Note: These sounds have been shortened, looped and digitally
processed, and do not reflect the quality of the original Male
Vocalist samples.
Please visit : http://www.musiciandesigner.com
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MP3
(799 kB) |
Shakuhachi
Played and recorded by Hiroshi Tachibana (Japan) |
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Demo file for Shakuhachi and Koto:
excerpt from "Rokundan no shirabe"
MP3
(658 kB) |
Koto
Played by Mai Ishikawa (Japan)
Recorded by Hiroshi Tachibana
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Jiuta Shamisen
(Sangen)
Played by Kyoko Komatsu (Japan)
Recorded by Hiroshi Tachibana
Demo: Sakura
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MP3
(333 kB) |
Sheng
(Chinese mouth organ, also called Cheng)
Played by Paul Crayssac (France)
Recorded by Sylvain Machefert (France)
Demo: sheng jing (orchestra) |
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MP3
(325 kB) |
Whistle
"Played" and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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MP3
(331 kB) |
Bottle Blow
1.5 liters soda plastic bottle ;-)
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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MP3
(273 kB) |
Bowed Glass
Played and recorded by Olivier Guillion (France)
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MP3
(480 kB) |
Soprano Clarinet
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(418 kB)
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Bass Clarinet
Played by Yannick Marchegay (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(315 kB)
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Fife in F
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(360 ko) |
Renaissance Flute
(3 holes flute)
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(212 kB) |
Alboka
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Note: 5 notes Basque traditional instrument. Some notes are
doubled
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MP3
(98 kB)
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Txilula
(3 holes Basque flute)
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
Demo: Sorry, I couldn't find a demo piece for this instrument.
Thusn I copied a little training exercic as played by Xavier de la
Torre
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MP3
(78 kB) |
Graile
(High-Languedoc traditional Oboe)
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(359 kB) |
Dulcian
(Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon, first half of the 16th
century)
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(352 kB)
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Chalemie Soprano
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(370 kB)
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French Horn
Played by René Brossard (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(599 kB) |
Tenor Saxophone
Played by Hélène Labadie (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion |
MP3
(622 kB) |
Muse
(Medieval bagpipe in D minor)
Played by Xavier de la Torre (France)
Recorded by Olivier Guillion
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MP3
(435 ko)
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Highland Bagpipe (2)
Played and recorded by Kees van Gils (The Netherlands)
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MP3
(534 kB)
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Continental Bagpipe
Played and recorded by Kees van Gils (The Netherlands)
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MP3
(535 kB)
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Scottish Smallpipes
Played and recorded by Kees van Gils (The Netherlands)
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MP3
(129 kB)
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Northumbrian Smallpipes
Played and recorded by Kees van Gils (The Netherlands)
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MP3
(128 kB)
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Uilleann Pipes
Played and recorded by Kees van Gils (The Netherlands)
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MP3
(128 kB)
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Tambur
Turkish
stringed instrument
Played and recorded by Halil Gungormus (Turkey) |
MP3
(195 kB)
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Kanun
Turkish
Zither
Played and recorded by Halil Gungormus (Turkey) |
MP3
(277 kB)
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