Playing a 'Hammered Dulcimer' - Goes mental about 1:46

published by deputydog

2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 579 views

tags: hammered, dulcimer, fast

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Wow. It's like a combination of piano and guitar that you play like a drum. So cool.

written by HAMFIST

| 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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I said...Damn

written by tremor | 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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That is made of Win and Awesome
BTW, its a typo... Dulcimer, not Duclimer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammered_dulcimer

written by darkrowan

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I was the first chair drummer in my high school band all four years, and I can tell you that what he's doing would be difficult on a snare drum, much less having to change notes and make it sound as amazing as he does. Wow.

written by theo47

| 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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Cheers for the typo check. Changed it.
Can't stop watching this guy, amazing.

written by deputydog

| 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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i bet he's a 1 trick pony, the Yngwie of Dulcimer

written by deathcow

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National Hammered Dulcimer Champion Max Z-T.Not a one trick pony.

written by wnewber

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dear god that was incredible

written by personalzen | 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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if you like this you should check out a guy named Glenn Morgan. he has a couple cd's out there that are awesome. i met him and he played me some of his songs with just the dulcimer and it was phenomenal. sounds better in-person unfortunately

written by bluephoenix | 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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He needs a duet with the ukelele guy...

written by firefly

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He'd have to be videotaped at a frame rate greater than 30 frames per second to capture the movements of his hands.

written by k8_fan | 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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It's one of my favorite instruments, and this guy has frightening speed and accuracy. Too bad he didn't pick a better piece to play for this performance; maybe when he's older. I hope he doesn't waste that talent on trying to be the "Yngwie of Dulcimer."

written by viewer_999

| 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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hey guys, thanks for all the comments and feedback. i got a whole bunch of audio on my website at www.maxzt.com and also at www.myspace.com/maxzt
i wrote that piece while i was in senegal last year studying with the cissoko griot family. i'm really getting in to the mandinko sound and there are samples on both sites as well as CDs. there will be new videos of concerts that i have had shortly. just trying to edit them down to get them under the size cap. hit me up, let me know what you think. yes.max@gmail.com
thanks again for the comments.
much,
max

written by MaxZT

| 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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Thanks for dropping by Max, we love it when that happens. ;-) And great stuff, look forward to seeing more.

written by dag

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Alright, spill the beans:

How many unnoticable errors did you make while preforming the piece?

written by Anliz

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heh...i believe five...

written by MaxZT

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It's an incredibly impressive physical feat, but I would never want to hear the song again. Sometimes one right note can speak for 100. If the song had built to a climax, it could have been literally awesome, but it just suddenly jumps into the stratosphere and stays there. Going that fast, there's not much room for soul. It's just a demonstration of speed.

written by messenger

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Reminded me of ian paice the drummer in deep purple

written by dannymcanulty | 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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Forgot about this one

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written by deputydog

| 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Siftbot?

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