{"id":3343,"date":"2011-07-08T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T06:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2017-09-01T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:42:32","slug":"basia-bulat-and-the-pianoette-great-song-the-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"Basia Bulat and the Pianoette – Great Song “The Shore”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basia Bulat<\/strong> – a Canadian singer\/songwriter plays some very special instruments: the autoharp, ukulele, charango and the very special pianoette – a fretless zither from the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

I have discovered Basia Bulat<\/strong> from some free concerts on the NPR site and a short feature about her autoharp playing.<\/p>\n

But the most fascinating video that I have found is Basia Bulat with her song The Shore<\/strong>. In this song Basia Bulat plays the Pianoette, one of the rare kinds of fretless zithers that were invented during the first years of the 20th century. When I first saw the video I was really wondering how Basia Bulat could produce this fascinating sound with chords and even a tremolo sometimes with just one instrument.<\/p>\n

The pianoette has a special mechanism to play chords with the left hand, while the melody is played with a little hammer that beats onto the double strings in the same way as the hammered dulcimer<\/strong> is played. It is even possible to play a kind of tremolo with the swinging hammer.<\/p>\n

The pianoette produces a great sound, and makes this song to a very special one:<\/p>\n

#16.1 Basia Bulat – “The Shore”<\/h4>\n

Wideosesja Basia Bulat with – a young Canadian with Polish roots.<\/p>\n

In the Palace of Culture during a concert at the Cultural Cafe Basia promote their second album “Heart Of My Own.” With this album specifically for the Free the Music! played the songs “The Shore” and “Hush.”<\/p>\n