[78-L] question for dance band experts

[Kristjan Saag]

And even in the electric era many dance bands vocalists continued to use 
horns in live performances...
Adevelopment, similar to the tuba base, was the use of Stroh violins 
(where the sound was amplified by horns instead of wood resonances). 
Strohpatented his violin in 1899,on the eve of recording industry. For 
more than 20 years the Stroh violin was commonplace in recording studios 
and was also used in live performances, as it is today, especially in 
the Balkans.
With the advent of the electric erait was replaced, especially for live 
performances, by electric violins, and for recording, by acoustic 
violins amplified by means of microphones.
http://www.mainspringpress.com/studio_photos.html
(picture no 2)
Kristjan

On 2012-10-24 21:34, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Even in the electric recording era,  some bands used both tuba and string
> bass on recod...Isham Jones being one of the most noted.   There are also
> some Bert Lown Victors which clearly have both.
>
> My favorite banjo-and-guitar record would have to be the Goldkette of
> Clementine,  where there is a seamless transition from Qucksell's banjo when
> the sax chorus begins,  which is backed by Lang's guitar.
>
> Taylor
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>> Although it is true that the Tuba and Banjo both recorded better than
>> String
>> Bass and Guitar, I think live performance instrumentation was pretty much
>> the same as that used in studios, though sometimes bands were augmented
>> with
>> extra musicians for recording (eg. strings). There are plenty of photos of
>> Dance bands in their resident surroundings (Hotels, etc).
>>
>> What is interesting however is the possibility that the use of
>> Tuba/Sousaphone may have become widely used in live performance AS A
>> RESULT
>> OF THE POPULARITY OF THE SOUND heard on records. i.e. If the phonograph
>> hadn't been invented, perhaps arrangers would have preferred to write for
>> String Bass. Electric recording seems to have begun the gradual
>> transformation from Brass bass back to String bass.
>>
>> It's also interesting to note that in many small groups - notably the
>> Original Dixieland Jass Band - No Bass instrument was considered
>> necessary -
>> either in live performance or on record. The Piano did all the work!
>>
>> Tim Huskisson
>>
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>> I'm thinking about acoustic dance bands. When they performed live in the
>> day, did they use the same instrumentation as they used for recordings,
>> such
>> as tubas for the low end, or did they have other instruments, such as
>> string
>> bass?
>>
>> I am thinking that they used more conventional instrumentation for live
>> performances, whatever that would be. Same as classical performances.
>> Would appreciate a confirmation or correction.
>> --
>> Joe Salerno
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