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I have heard bagpipes in metal and that is awesome. Eventually when I start a band I will try to find a piper. But I was thinking maybe a didgeridoo might sound good in metal too. What folk instruments would you want to hear?
I've heard didgeridoo in songs from Cryptopsy and Alchemist, but it would be nice to hear more of it. As far as other instruments go, I don't really care what is played as long as it fits the song. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Hurdygurdy would be nice. Do we have to stick with folk? I'd love to hear classical Indian or classical Japanese instruments in metal.
Eluveitie uses hurdygurdy, and Chthonic uses Chinese violin. Other than that, I don't know of many Asian instruments being used in metal. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I'm going to buy a didgeridoo. They are like 30 $ from Musician's Friend.
I played an orange traffic cone in my old band, like a ready made didgeridoo, and It would apply to metal without any trouble at all. I often used a flanger pedal, which was cool, if I may say so myself, and got wicked distortion through a mike.
How about that African instrument that you blow it makes like a frog sound
It seems your thinking of the didgeridoo which is Australian. I would like to play a hammered dulcimer with pickups and effects, I think such a thing could be enormously psychedelic if done well.
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I played an orange traffic cone in my old band, like a ready made didgeridoo, and It would apply to metal without any trouble at all. I often used a flanger pedal, which was cool, if I may say so myself, and got wicked distortion through a mike. It seems your thinking of the didgeridoo which is Australian. I would like to play a hammered dulcimer with pickups and effects, I think such a thing could be enormously psychedelic if done well.
Hehe, we should start a superalternative metal band :P
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