[78-L] question for dance band experts

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

So the Stroh violin was invented for performance, rather than the 
recording studio, correct?

joe salerno


On 10/24/2012 3:40 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tim Huskisson" <timhuskisson at btinternet.com>
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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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>>> Subject: [78-L] question for dance band experts
>>>
>>> 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.
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>>> Joe Salerno
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Joe Salerno