The Star Spangled Banner

Bill Wesley, inventor of the Array mbira, plays the Star Spangled Banner on one of the 5 octave models designed and created by Bill Wesley and Patrick Hadley
Array Instrument web site http://thearraymbira.com

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Music

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• Bill
• Wesley
• Patrick
• Hadley
• Array
• mbira
• kalimba
• Star
• Spangled
• Banner

[patrickhadley]

sorry, we don't give away our trade secrets

[greentimmyblueniki]

if your good at something never do it for free

[patrickhadley]

@greentimmyblueniki nothing is free, and what's good is always in the eye of the beholder

[gosmokesome]

In a perfect world we wouldn't elect ppl to steal our money

[arrayorchestra]

The Star Spangled banner contains only major chords which makes it sound optimistic all the time, there are no minor chords to make it sound "tragic". The array mbira tines have just 3 partials, 1,6 and 17. If the 1st partial is C1 than the 6th partial is G3 and 17th partial is C#5 , for the lowest notes this harmonic structure sounds murky like a large bell or gong, but still less murky than a piano which is nearly useless in this range..

[TeamJayOnas]

@arrayorchestra I meant it sounds like every chord has a 4th in it, it's just kinda murky sounding which is kinda the effect when you have a lot of 4th notes in your chords

[Asmita27]

@arrayorchestra I see. Thankx for the info

[arrayorchestra]

I'll have to look that up, my favorite national anthem, just based on the music, is the old anthem of the SOVIET UNION, it was really powerful, I'd like to try that

[arrayorchestra]

This instrument was one of those with very long sustain making it sound like an array "mborgan" or an array "orgira", perfect for the national anthem

[arrayorchestra]

I'm not shure of what is meant by "loose" 4ths but this instrument allows one to play orchestral voicings of chords you CAN"T play on other instruments, especially not the keyboard. I can play the following harmony with just 3 fingeres - C1, E1, G1, C2, E2, G2, C3, E3, G3, C4, E4, G4, C5, E5, G5....a 15 note voicing with 3 fingers. We are not used to hearing such harmonys except in an orchestra or with multitracking

[TeamJayOnas]

it sounds like there are a lot of loose 4ths. is that just me hearing things or are there a lot in this arrangement??

[TamboresDeJaykub]

where do you get the steel prongs and how do you make them? i want to make something like it, thanks and God bless