i have a budding interest in musical instrument design (as a natural extension of various related fields i have experience in) and recently started studying your work. i share your stance on intellectual commons and i thank you for all the work you've done and shared. all the best
Once again, Hopkin sensei delivers beauty, ingenuosity, sensibility and brightnes in all the aspects of his work, from the conception of the instruments to the way he uses them. We are priviledged to see this in our lives! Thanks for sharing Bart!
Beautiful construction and the sound speaks for itself. I'm hooked on browsing the EMI archives (there's really nothing else like it, it's an endless fountain of inspiration and there's such a sense of community) and feel constant gratitude for the work you've done.
I've been enjoying all of your demonstrations and the instrumentarium on your website too. I'm reading through your Musical Instrument Design book too, and this has all added up to enormous inspiration (almost an overwhelming amount!) But this video in particular is the first I ran into, and I think it's still my favorite. There's something very evocative and I dunno, special about this collection of instruments and how you constructed the performance with them. It leaves me wanting a lot more of this kind of thing, to the point where I'm tempted to build a bunch of similar instruments so I can go stand in a room with them while they do their thing. Any chance you might record another session with these SSPs? Or, have you thought about more SSP ideas? One rough one I wanted to share was to put an Aeolian Harp on a rotating arm that spins like a helicopter blade above the performer's head. Attaching it to a heavy foot-driven flywheel (like what you'd have on a pottery wheel) would allow you to spin it up and store some energy, and hopefully keep it going for a while. I haven't made any aeolian harps yet, but I think their resonance depends on a certain windspeed and direction, so I think that's where the 'harder-than-it-looks' gremlins might be hiding. Anyway, thank you so much for sharing all of your ideas and wisdom.
Hello Mark, thanks for this note. You've raised several interesting topics for discussion, and I'll try to respond to a couple of them here. 1. You wrote "Any chance you might record another session with these SSPs? [...] more SSP ideas?" I've made several more instruments that fit in the SSP mold, such as: ruclips.net/video/nAo-q2iqjjI/видео.html , and ruclips.net/video/QkU9y0zr4Zg/видео.html . A couple more that haven't been video'd: barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/periodic-snip-flute/, and barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/chord-chimes/ . 2. Your whirled aeolian harps idea: In the 18th and 19th centuries there were some whirled harps, but apparently activated by plucking, not wind, then whirled for doppler & phasing effects. They were called bell harps or fairy harps; a quick google check turns up a tiny bit of info but a deeper search might be needed. But more to the point: the wonderful late Darrell DeVore did a lot with what he called windwands, which are indeed whirled aeolian string instruments, using rubber bands for strings. We find that flat band shapes are more responsive to wind than regular strings, and flat rubber bands work great. But the sound is quite different from typical aeolian strings; more buzzy. But still tunable, and most intriguing to the ear. For Darrel & windwands, you'll have better luck finding information online and elsewhere. But these might be very different from what you're thinking of! Sound-wise, at least, I expect they are. It will be great to see what you come up with if you pursue these ideas.
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the shaky one sounds really cool, very open air sounding
I've been a fan of your book for a very long time. It's fantastic hearing your creations in action.
this is the most original music i have ever heard. Bravo. You have added more fuel to my musical heart. I also need me one of those rattletines 😍
i have a budding interest in musical instrument design (as a natural extension of various related fields i have experience in) and recently started studying your work. i share your stance on intellectual commons and i thank you for all the work you've done and shared. all the best
Once again, Hopkin sensei delivers beauty, ingenuosity, sensibility and brightnes in all the aspects of his work, from the conception of the instruments to the way he uses them. We are priviledged to see this in our lives!
Thanks for sharing Bart!
Wow! Bart l'homme-orchestre! The tone of the wind instrument (branched corrugaphone?) is marvelous!
WoW!!! How utterly COOL! Perfect for background and incident music in any movie!
Always amazing sonic explorations with Bart's genius
Excellent, Bart!
Beautiful construction and the sound speaks for itself. I'm hooked on browsing the EMI archives (there's really nothing else like it, it's an endless fountain of inspiration and there's such a sense of community) and feel constant gratitude for the work you've done.
I need to make my own version of the fishing weights SSP! Beautiful
Wonderful and inspiring!
Awesome
Awe this is great!
Stellar!!!
Amazing. Impressive.
I've been enjoying all of your demonstrations and the instrumentarium on your website too. I'm reading through your Musical Instrument Design book too, and this has all added up to enormous inspiration (almost an overwhelming amount!)
But this video in particular is the first I ran into, and I think it's still my favorite. There's something very evocative and I dunno, special about this collection of instruments and how you constructed the performance with them. It leaves me wanting a lot more of this kind of thing, to the point where I'm tempted to build a bunch of similar instruments so I can go stand in a room with them while they do their thing.
Any chance you might record another session with these SSPs? Or, have you thought about more SSP ideas? One rough one I wanted to share was to put an Aeolian Harp on a rotating arm that spins like a helicopter blade above the performer's head. Attaching it to a heavy foot-driven flywheel (like what you'd have on a pottery wheel) would allow you to spin it up and store some energy, and hopefully keep it going for a while. I haven't made any aeolian harps yet, but I think their resonance depends on a certain windspeed and direction, so I think that's where the 'harder-than-it-looks' gremlins might be hiding.
Anyway, thank you so much for sharing all of your ideas and wisdom.
Hello Mark, thanks for this note. You've raised several interesting topics for discussion, and I'll try to respond to a couple of them here. 1. You wrote "Any chance you might record another session with these SSPs? [...] more SSP ideas?" I've made several more instruments that fit in the SSP mold, such as: ruclips.net/video/nAo-q2iqjjI/видео.html , and ruclips.net/video/QkU9y0zr4Zg/видео.html . A couple more that haven't been video'd: barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/periodic-snip-flute/, and barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/chord-chimes/ . 2. Your whirled aeolian harps idea: In the 18th and 19th centuries there were some whirled harps, but apparently activated by plucking, not wind, then whirled for doppler & phasing effects. They were called bell harps or fairy harps; a quick google check turns up a tiny bit of info but a deeper search might be needed. But more to the point: the wonderful late Darrell DeVore did a lot with what he called windwands, which are indeed whirled aeolian string instruments, using rubber bands for strings. We find that flat band shapes are more responsive to wind than regular strings, and flat rubber bands work great. But the sound is quite different from typical aeolian strings; more buzzy. But still tunable, and most intriguing to the ear. For Darrel & windwands, you'll have better luck finding information online and elsewhere. But these might be very different from what you're thinking of! Sound-wise, at least, I expect they are. It will be great to see what you come up with if you pursue these ideas.
This is amazing!
Yes.
Nice! Dreamy... 🥂
I love you so much.
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I am Like # 42 !