Rollin' by Jason Marsh

I always wanted to be a lead guitarist and rock star! This original piece imitates an electric guitar with a distortion effect produced entirely on the violin through bow placement.

This entire piece is a single pass-through, created live only on an acoustic violin. The violin parts are performed live, recorded and played back (similar to looping), but I've programmed the foot pedals to give me complete control over each track, up to 16 simultaneously. This enables me to create and improvise musical form and orchestration, which I find more satisfying than the typical looping.

Nothing is pre-recorded before I begin. I create the bass line by plucking in the normal range, and using the computer to transpose the part down 2 octaves. And the snare-like effects come from "chops" with the bow. It's satisfying to watch live and know that everything is real-time. Most of the piece is improvisation, and every performance is quite different.

More information on how this is done and more digital acoustic violin can be found at marshworks.com .

Category:

Music

Tags:

• violin
• electronic
• improvisation
• jazz
• classical
• solo
• computer
• abelton
• abelton live
• looped
• looping
• footpedal
• foot pedals
• digital
• acoustic

[wishihadamotorcycle]

Awesome playing! Nice video too! My son says that it deserves more views!  Lets get the word out listeners!

[Drahcir1961]

Great performance ! I love this concept! 5*****