It's Tuesday night, so here we go with another On That Note. As we say every week, OTN is a music themed series hosted alternately by @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.
Last week's OTN was "Do You Wanna Dance." It can be found here:
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-do-you-wanna-dance.256252/
This week we're continuing our series on musical instrument families - with stringed instruments. But we're going to have to lay down a few guidelines or this could end up being something too unwieldy.
Too complex - yes. Too difficult to find examples? I don't think so.
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My First 5:
A West Texas Rocker, Buddy Holly got pretty sophisticated with this one.
One of the first ones many people will think of is Paul's ballad from 1965. So only 18 months after they were dismissed as novelty flavor-of-the-day they come out with this.
And the Beatles, particularly George, were instrumental (pun intended) to incorporating Indian instruments into Western music - particularly the Sitar. Many mid/late 60's songs incorporated the instrument including the Rolling Stones on this major hit.
One of the most iconic songs of the 1970s from one of the most iconic acts of the decade. Banjo is very prominent in this one!
Another early 70's hit featured a not-often-used in Rock and Roll stringed instrument. In fact, it's a part of the song title.
Last week's OTN was "Do You Wanna Dance." It can be found here:
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-do-you-wanna-dance.256252/
This week we're continuing our series on musical instrument families - with stringed instruments. But we're going to have to lay down a few guidelines or this could end up being something too unwieldy.
- No, guitars aren't going to be the thing to qualify a song. Too too many, too too easy. String bass? Same deal; no. Obviously a song can HAVE those but they alone don't qualify it for inclusion here.
- Symphony or classic performances are excluded.
- Musical groups that routinely include classical string sections such as ELO are to be avoided.
- Country or Blue grass acts with group members who normally play banjo or fiddle are out.
Too complex - yes. Too difficult to find examples? I don't think so.
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My First 5:
A West Texas Rocker, Buddy Holly got pretty sophisticated with this one.
One of the first ones many people will think of is Paul's ballad from 1965. So only 18 months after they were dismissed as novelty flavor-of-the-day they come out with this.
And the Beatles, particularly George, were instrumental (pun intended) to incorporating Indian instruments into Western music - particularly the Sitar. Many mid/late 60's songs incorporated the instrument including the Rolling Stones on this major hit.
One of the most iconic songs of the 1970s from one of the most iconic acts of the decade. Banjo is very prominent in this one!
Another early 70's hit featured a not-often-used in Rock and Roll stringed instrument. In fact, it's a part of the song title.
