Introduction to the Harpejji D1: Part 1 of 2

This is Part 1 of a ~12 minute introduction to the new musical instrument called the harpejji by Marcodi Musical Products, LLC. The harpejji is a tapping instrument designed with piano instinct and guitar soul. This video contains a basic tutorial and several musical examples. Various outboard electronics effects are demonstrated as well.

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Music

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• tapping instrument

[jicuridrum]

wow, very cool, congratulations...

[harpejji]

@jicuridrum Thanks for the compliment!

[neoduke007]

@fetymann nothing is impossible with electronic music equipment it just takes the right ingenuity to design it so that it is possible...

[baaltshuvah]

Well, not ALL of it. Most keyboards don't support key pressure (poly AT), so you cannot bend or apply vibrato to a single note in a chord, like you can on a tapping instrument. Guitar-like polyphonic slides aren't possible on a keyboard, either. Plus, this instrument gives you a two octave range with a single hand and multiple occurrences of each pitch (as many as 8; on a kb, 1 pitch gets 1 key). I agree that the effects are no big deal, but the voicing options and expressiveness are.

[SPLENDIDZEN]

nice sound!...relaxing!...good work!...congratulations!...

[flyingdoctorcee]

wow true pure expressiveness..cool.

[iloverush123]

Really cool instrument. Great idea playing Superstition, too. It does kinda sound like a Clavinet.

[pietdepsi]

is re stringing it hard? where do you get strings for it? :o

[HAHAUKULELE]

WOW~that isssssssssss cool~!!!

[varnonzero]

Somehow the chapman stick speaks to me a bit more. Not sure why, I'm a keyboard player. Perhaps its the selection of demonstration songs?

I do think this is an incredibly elegant instrument. Very well designed. The electronic mute is particularly cool. I really hope this instrument takes off.

If I had enough money, I would totally buy this and a stick. Sadly, I can't afford anything at the moment.

I look forward to hearing more music produced on this instrument.

[fetymann]

@neoduke007 the only solution I can think of is more reverb!!!!!!!

[fetymann]

@neoduke007 that's not possible or else you'd hear the "open string" when you let go.