ARCMusicPublishings Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) Hello, According to this Wikipedia article: Tubular bells - Wikipedia, "They can also be bowed at the bottom of the tube to produce a very loud, very high-pitched overtone." I was a bit curious about the mention of this, and want to see if I can learn as much about it as possible. Does this technique use string bows? Or the default TB Hammer mallet? Also, is there a video that can demonstrate this? I've searched "tubular bells" "bowing" and "tubular bells" "bow". I couldn't find anything about it. In this very nice TB performance by Dr. Geoff Shiel, there were moments of tambourine-like effect. (e. g. 3:42-45, 5:15-20, 5:31-33, 5:58-6:12) (As I'm assuming certain tubes were reconfigured in an irregular way) How exactly was this produced? Thanks for your all's help! Edited April 13 by ARCMusicPublishings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/12/2024 at 10:26 PM, ARCMusicPublishings said: Hello, According to this Wikipedia article: Tubular bells - Wikipedia, "They can also be bowed at the bottom of the tube to produce a very loud, very high-pitched overtone." I was a bit curious about the mention of this, and want to see if I can learn as much about it as possible. Does this technique use string bows? Or the default TB Hammer mallet? Also, is there a video that can demonstrate this? I've searched "tubular bells" "bowing" and "tubular bells" "bow". I couldn't find anything about it. In this very nice TB performance by Dr. Geoff Shiel, there were moments of tambourine-like effect. (e. g. 3:42-45, 5:15-20, 5:31-33, 5:58-6:12) (As I'm assuming certain tubes were reconfigured in an irregular way) How exactly was this produced? Thanks for your all's help! I would assume the string bow, yes. Bowed metals are very common; classic trick to get eerie sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCMusicPublishings Posted Wednesday at 03:39 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 03:39 AM On 4/16/2024 at 8:03 PM, AngelCityOutlaw said: I would assume the string bow, yes. Bowed metals are very common; classic trick to get eerie sounds. Do you know if there is a sample out there that I can listen to? I've never seen or heard tubulars being bowed. Only struck with a mallet; which causes it to ring alongside a secondary minor 6th under-pitch. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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