A set of guitars is used as external resonators for the cembalo. The sound of the cembalo is picked by a microphone and projected directly to the guitars via contact speakers. The strings of the guitars are tuned chromatically, and together they build a set of 24 resonators. Each string only reacts to ist specific pitch and together they build a sort of analog FFT analysis of the cembalo sound, projecting the sound of the cembalo in space.
I was lucky enough to be working with a wonderful harpsichord player from holland, Goska Isphording. I hope to find time to upload some of the video footage we got from the try-outs. The results were very subtle, enhancing the very minimal nuances that the player was able to produce.
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