Tuesday, October 5, 2010

One Man Band

One Man Band
A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of musical instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical contraptions. The simplest type of “one-man band” — a singer accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and harmonica mounted in a metal “harp rack” below the mouth— is often used by buskers . More complicated setups may include wind instruments strapped around the neck, a large bass drum mounted on the musician’s back with a beater which is connected to a footpedal, cymbals strapped between the knees or triggered by a pedal mechanism, Tambourines and maracas tied to the limbs, and a stringed instrument strapped over the shoulders (e.g., a banjo, ukulele, or guitar). Since the development of Musical Instrument Digital Interface(MIDI) in the 1980s, musicians have also incorporated chest-mounted MIDI drum pads, foot-mounted electronic drumtriggers , and electronic pedal keyboards into their set-ups.



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